Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1963

Sunday 8 September

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 436 minutes.

Decide it for

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two moonrises

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

Moonrise of Saturday 7 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:06 moonrise
19:5420:1820:4221:0621:3021:5422:18

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 8 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:39 moonrise
20:2720:5121:1521:3922:0322:2722:51

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 07:30 on Sun 8 Sep to 04:56 on Mon 9 Sep.

    1963-09-08T05:29:32Z → 1963-09-09T02:55:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:06 on the 7th and 21:39 on the 8th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 7th and is on the 8th.

    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 26184 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Bucharest, 1963: Sunday 8 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1963 falls on Sunday 8 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:30 on Sun 8 Sep to 04:56 on Mon 9 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1963/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 8 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 8 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 8 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

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 8thCoveredMoonrise 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:30 → 19:5622:52no23:38no7 Sep
Chicago00:30 → 21:5622:31no23:13no7 Sep
Jersey City01:30 → 22:5622:38holds23:20no8 Sep
Port of Spain01:30 → 22:5622:31holds23:24no8 Sep
London06:30 → 03:5622:09holds22:42no8 Sep
Durban07:30 → 04:5622:55holds00:01no8 Sep
Dubai09:30 → 06:5622:10holds22:57no8 Sep
Delhi11:00 → 08:2622:05holds22:51no8 Sep
Kolkata11:00 → 08:2621:27holds22:15no8 Sep
Singapore13:00 → 10:2622:45holds23:40no8 Sep
Sydney15:30 → 12:5622:38holds23:46no8 Sep
Suva17:30 → 14:5622:25holds23:26no8 Sep
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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