Moonrise of Friday 24 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
19:28 moonrise
18:1618:4019:0419:2819:5220:1620:40
Absent at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1937
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 514 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Friday 24 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Moonrise of Saturday 25 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:13 on Sat 25 Sep to 04:52 on Sun 26 Sep.
1937-09-24T23:13:20Z → 1937-09-25T20:51:53Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 19:28 on the 24th and 20:18 on the 25th.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 24th and is on the 25th.
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 30821 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Daqing, 1937: Saturday 25 September.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1937 falls on Saturday 25 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:13 on Sat 25 Sep to 04:52 on Sun 26 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 25 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 25 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 25 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
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 24th | Covered | Moonrise 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:13 → 12:52 | 20:51 | holds | 21:49 | no | 24 Sep |
| Chicago | 18:13 → 15:52 | 21:23 | holds | 22:19 | no | 24 Sep |
| Jersey City | 19:13 → 16:52 | 21:30 | holds | 22:26 | no | 24 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 19:13 → 16:52 | 21:41 | holds | 22:40 | no | 24 Sep |
| London | 00:13 → 21:52 | 20:45 | no | 21:37 | holds | 25 Sep |
| Durban | 01:13 → 22:52 | 22:26 | no | 23:29 | no | 24 Sep |
| Dubai | 03:13 → 00:52 | 21:10 | no | 22:06 | holds | 25 Sep |
| Delhi | 04:43 → 02:22 | 21:02 | no | 21:57 | holds | 25 Sep |
| Kolkata | 04:43 → 02:22 | 20:27 | no | 21:24 | holds | 25 Sep |
| Singapore | 06:33 → 04:12 | 21:47 | no | 22:47 | holds | 25 Sep |
| Sydney | 09:13 → 06:52 | 22:12 | no | 23:17 | holds | 25 Sep |
| Suva | 11:13 → 08:52 | 21:47 | no | 22:50 | holds | 25 Sep |