Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2002

Friday 27 September

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 565 minutes.

Decide it for

35°52′ N 128°36′ E · Asia/Seoul · GeoNames 1835329

The two moonrises

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.

Moonrise of Friday 27 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

21:26 moonrise
20:1420:3821:0221:2621:5022:1422:38

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Saturday 28 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

22:07 moonrise
20:5521:1921:4322:0722:3122:5523:19

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 11:00 on Fri 27 Sep to 12:43 on Sat 28 Sep.

    2002-09-27T02:00:29Z → 2002-09-28T03:42:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 21:26 on the 27th and 22:07 on the 28th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 27th and is not on the 28th.

    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 33887 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Daegu, 2002: Friday 27 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2002 falls on Friday 27 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:00 on Fri 27 Sep to 12:43 on Sat 28 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/2002/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 27 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 27 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 27 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu.

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 27thCoveredMoonrise 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:00 → 20:4322:26no23:13no26 Sep
Chicago21:00 → 22:4321:57holds22:40no26 Sep
Jersey City22:00 → 23:4322:05holds22:48no27 Sep
Port of Spain22:00 → 23:4322:22holds23:13no27 Sep
London03:00 → 04:4321:18holds21:54no27 Sep
Durban04:00 → 05:4323:16holds00:14no27 Sep
Dubai06:00 → 07:4321:52holds22:38no27 Sep
Delhi07:30 → 09:1321:44holds22:29no27 Sep
Kolkata07:30 → 09:1321:11holds21:57no27 Sep
Singapore10:00 → 11:4323:15holds00:05no27 Sep
Sydney12:00 → 13:4323:06holds00:05no27 Sep
Suva14:00 → 15:4322:39holds23:34no27 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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