Moonrise of Friday 5 October
Taken. Both moonrises qualify; the rule takes the first.
21:08 moonrise
19:5620:2020:4421:0821:3221:5622:20
Holds at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2012
Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 minutes.
Decide it for
22°20′ N 91°50′ E · Asia/Dhaka · GeoNames 1205733
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Friday 5 October
Taken. Both moonrises qualify; the rule takes the first.
Holds at moonrise
Moonrise of Saturday 6 October
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at moonrise here too. Not taken.
Holds at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 19:41 on Fri 5 Oct to 22:18 on Sat 6 Oct.
2012-10-05T13:41:01Z → 2012-10-06T16:17:31Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 21:08 on the 5th and 21:57 on the 6th.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 5th and is on the 6th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both moonrises qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 1234 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Chattogram, 2012: Friday 5 October.
confidence: determinate
In Chattogram, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2012 falls on Friday 5 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 19:41 on Fri 5 Oct to 22:18 on Sat 6 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 5 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 5 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 5 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/chandra-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Moonrise 5th | Covered | Moonrise 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:41 → 09:18 | 22:12 | holds | 23:03 | no | 5 Oct |
| Chicago | 08:41 → 11:18 | 21:45 | holds | 22:36 | no | 5 Oct |
| Jersey City | 09:41 → 12:18 | 21:52 | holds | 22:43 | no | 5 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 09:41 → 12:18 | 22:03 | holds | 22:51 | no | 5 Oct |
| London | 14:41 → 17:18 | 21:08 | holds | 21:58 | no | 5 Oct |
| Durban | 15:41 → 18:18 | 22:50 | holds | 23:38 | no | 5 Oct |
| Dubai | 17:41 → 20:18 | 21:34 | holds | 22:23 | no | 5 Oct |
| Delhi | 19:11 → 21:48 | 21:26 | holds | 22:15 | no | 5 Oct |
| Kolkata | 19:11 → 21:48 | 20:52 | holds | 21:41 | holds | 5 Oct |
| Singapore | 21:41 → 00:18 | 22:54 | holds | 23:42 | holds | 5 Oct |
| Sydney | 23:41 → 03:18 | 22:42 | no | 23:30 | holds | 6 Oct |
| Suva | 01:41 → 04:18 | 22:17 | no | 23:06 | holds | 6 Oct |