Moonrise of Wednesday 30 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
20:38 moonrise
19:2619:5020:1420:3821:0221:2621:50
Absent at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2026
Determinatein Chicago, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 135 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Wednesday 30 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Moonrise of Thursday 1 October
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 02:06 on Thu 1 Oct to 23:46 on Thu 1 Oct.
2026-10-01T07:05:43Z → 2026-10-02T04:45:43Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 20:38 on the 30th and 21:31 on the 1st.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 30th and is on the 1st.
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 8090 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Chicago, 2026: Thursday 1 October.
confidence: determinate
In Chicago, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2026 falls on Thursday 1 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 02:06 on Thu 1 Oct to 23:46 on Thu 1 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 1 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 1 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 1 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chicago. | ||
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 1st | Covered | Moonrise 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:06 → 21:46 | 22:08 | no | 23:13 | no | 30 Sep |
| Chicago | 02:06 → 23:46 | 21:31 | holds | 22:35 | no | 1 Oct |
| Jersey City | 03:06 → 00:46 | 21:39 | holds | 22:43 | no | 1 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 03:06 → 00:46 | 22:15 | holds | 23:18 | no | 1 Oct |
| London | 08:06 → 05:46 | 20:33 | holds | 21:34 | no | 1 Oct |
| Durban | 09:06 → 06:46 | 23:26 | holds | 00:29 | no | 1 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:06 → 08:46 | 21:32 | holds | 22:34 | no | 1 Oct |
| Delhi | 12:36 → 10:16 | 21:21 | holds | 22:22 | no | 1 Oct |
| Kolkata | 12:36 → 10:16 | 20:51 | holds | 21:53 | no | 1 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:06 → 12:46 | 23:06 | holds | 00:08 | no | 1 Oct |
| Sydney | 17:06 → 14:46 | 23:16 | holds | 00:21 | no | 1 Oct |
| Suva | 19:06 → 16:46 | 22:37 | holds | 23:42 | no | 1 Oct |