Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2012

Friday 5 October

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 199 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 Friday 5 October

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:47 moonrise
20:3520:5921:2321:4722:1122:3522:59

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 6 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:36 moonrise
21:2421:4822:1222:3623:0023:2423:48

Absent 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 16:41 on Fri 5 Oct to 19:18 on Sat 6 Oct.

    2012-10-05T13:41:01Z → 2012-10-06T16:17:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:47 on the 5th and 22:36 on the 6th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 5th and is not on the 6th.

    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 11935 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Bucharest, 2012: Friday 5 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2012 falls on Friday 5 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:41 on Fri 5 Oct to 19:18 on Sat 6 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2012/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 5 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 5 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 5 Oct
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 5thCoveredMoonrise 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:41 → 09:1822:12holds23:03no5 Oct
Chicago08:41 → 11:1821:45holds22:36no5 Oct
Jersey City09:41 → 12:1821:52holds22:43no5 Oct
Port of Spain09:41 → 12:1822:03holds22:51no5 Oct
London14:41 → 17:1821:08holds21:58no5 Oct
Durban15:41 → 18:1822:50holds23:38no5 Oct
Dubai17:41 → 20:1821:34holds22:23no5 Oct
Delhi19:11 → 21:4821:26holds22:15no5 Oct
Kolkata19:11 → 21:4820:52holds21:41holds5 Oct
Singapore21:41 → 00:1822:54holds23:42holds5 Oct
Sydney23:41 → 03:1822:42no23:30holds6 Oct
Suva01:41 → 04:1822:17no23:06holds6 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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