Moonrise of Saturday 29 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
20:53 moonrise
19:4120:0520:2920:5321:1721:4122:05
Absent at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2018
Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 514 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 Saturday 29 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Moonrise of Sunday 30 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:34 on Sun 30 Sep to 06:15 on Mon 1 Oct.
2018-09-30T01:33:37Z → 2018-10-01T00:15:05Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 20:53 on the 29th and 21:41 on the 30th.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 29th and is on the 30th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one moonrise qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 30817 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Chattogram, 2018: Sunday 30 September.
confidence: determinate
In Chattogram, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2018 falls on Sunday 30 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:34 on Sun 30 Sep to 06:15 on Mon 1 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 30 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 30 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 30 Sep |
| 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 30th | Covered | Moonrise 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:34 → 17:15 | 22:49 | no | 23:43 | no | 29 Sep |
| Chicago | 20:34 → 19:15 | 22:23 | no | 23:15 | no | 29 Sep |
| Jersey City | 21:34 → 20:15 | 22:30 | no | 23:22 | no | 29 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 21:34 → 20:15 | 22:36 | no | 23:32 | no | 29 Sep |
| London | 02:34 → 01:15 | 21:50 | holds | 22:37 | no | 30 Sep |
| Durban | 03:34 → 02:15 | 23:16 | holds | 00:17 | no | 30 Sep |
| Dubai | 05:34 → 04:15 | 22:08 | holds | 23:01 | no | 30 Sep |
| Delhi | 07:04 → 05:45 | 22:01 | holds | 22:53 | no | 30 Sep |
| Kolkata | 07:04 → 05:45 | 21:25 | holds | 22:18 | no | 30 Sep |
| Singapore | 09:34 → 08:15 | 23:23 | holds | 00:19 | no | 30 Sep |
| Sydney | 11:34 → 10:15 | 23:02 | holds | 00:05 | no | 30 Sep |
| Suva | 13:34 → 12:15 | 22:41 | holds | 23:40 | no | 30 Sep |