Moonrise of Thursday 10 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
20:28 moonrise
19:1619:4020:0420:2820:5221:1621:40
Absent at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 1998
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 229 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Thursday 10 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Moonrise of Friday 11 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 03:30 on Fri 11 Sep to 00:56 on Sat 12 Sep.
1998-09-10T19:30:00Z → 1998-09-11T16:55:45Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 20:28 on the 10th and 21:07 on the 11th.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 10th and is on the 11th.
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 13727 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Daqing, 1998: Friday 11 September.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 1998 falls on Friday 11 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 03:30 on Fri 11 Sep to 00:56 on Sat 12 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 11 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 11 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 11 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 10th | Covered | Moonrise 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:30 → 09:56 | 22:29 | holds | 23:16 | no | 10 Sep |
| Chicago | 14:30 → 11:56 | 22:10 | holds | 22:54 | no | 10 Sep |
| Jersey City | 15:30 → 12:56 | 22:16 | holds | 23:00 | no | 10 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 15:30 → 12:56 | 22:02 | holds | 22:55 | no | 10 Sep |
| London | 20:30 → 17:56 | 21:51 | holds | 22:28 | no | 10 Sep |
| Durban | 21:30 → 18:56 | 22:18 | holds | 23:22 | no | 10 Sep |
| Dubai | 23:30 → 20:56 | 21:43 | no | 22:32 | no | 10 Sep |
| Delhi | 01:00 → 22:26 | 21:39 | no | 22:26 | no | 10 Sep |
| Kolkata | 01:00 → 22:26 | 20:59 | no | 21:48 | holds | 11 Sep |
| Singapore | 03:30 → 00:56 | 22:44 | no | 23:39 | holds | 11 Sep |
| Sydney | 05:30 → 02:56 | 22:00 | no | 23:06 | holds | 11 Sep |
| Suva | 07:30 → 04:56 | 21:50 | no | 22:51 | holds | 11 Sep |