Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2099

Monday 5 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 516 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two moonrises

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.

Moonrise of Sunday 4 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

20:11 moonrise
18:5919:2319:4720:1120:3520:5921:23

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 5 October

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

20:57 moonrise
19:4520:0920:3320:5721:2121:4522:09

Holds at moonrise

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMoonrise, the instant the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:50 on Mon 5 Oct to 05:32 on Tue 6 Oct.

    2099-10-04T20:50:24Z → 2099-10-05T21:32:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:11 on the 4th and 20:57 on the 5th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 4th and is on the 5th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 30937 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2099: Monday 5 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2099 falls on Monday 5 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:50 on Mon 5 Oct to 05:32 on Tue 6 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2099/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 5 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 5 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 5 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/chandra-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Moonrise
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 6 Candra sasthi (Sasthi current at moon-rise, if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the first day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMoonrise 4thCoveredMoonrise 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:50 → 14:3221:32holds22:24no4 Oct
Chicago15:50 → 16:3220:56holds21:46no4 Oct
Jersey City16:50 → 17:3221:05holds21:55no4 Oct
Port of Spain16:50 → 17:3221:39holds22:34no4 Oct
London21:50 → 22:3220:04no20:46holds5 Oct
Durban22:50 → 23:3222:51holds23:50no4 Oct
Dubai00:50 → 01:3221:01no21:52holds5 Oct
Delhi02:20 → 03:0220:51no21:40holds5 Oct
Kolkata02:20 → 03:0220:21no21:12holds5 Oct
Singapore04:50 → 05:3222:34no23:28holds5 Oct
Sydney07:50 → 08:3223:42no00:43holds5 Oct
Suva08:50 → 09:3222:06no23:03holds5 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
chandra-shashthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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