Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1995

Thursday 14 September

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 537 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 Wednesday 13 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:45 moonrise
20:3320:5721:2121:4522:0922:3322:57

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Thursday 14 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

22:23 moonrise
21:1121:3521:5922:2322:4723:1123:35

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 06:42 on Thu 14 Sep to 08:38 on Fri 15 Sep.

    1995-09-14T03:42:07Z → 1995-09-15T05:37:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:45 on the 13th and 22:23 on the 14th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 13th and is on the 14th.

    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 32222 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Bucharest, 1995: Thursday 14 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1995 falls on Thursday 14 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 06:42 on Thu 14 Sep to 08:38 on Fri 15 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1995/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 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 14thCoveredMoonrise 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:42 → 22:3822:40no23:25no13 Sep
Chicago22:42 → 00:3822:17holds23:00no14 Sep
Jersey City23:42 → 01:3822:24holds23:07no14 Sep
Port of Spain23:42 → 01:3822:23holds23:10no14 Sep
London04:42 → 06:3821:49holds22:29no14 Sep
Durban05:42 → 07:3822:58holds23:49no14 Sep
Dubai07:42 → 09:3822:00holds22:45no14 Sep
Delhi09:12 → 11:0821:54holds22:39no14 Sep
Kolkata09:12 → 11:0821:18holds22:03no14 Sep
Singapore11:42 → 13:3823:12holds00:00no14 Sep
Sydney13:42 → 15:3822:47holds23:39no14 Sep
Suva15:42 → 17:3822:29holds23:19no14 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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