Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2004

Monday 4 October

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 296 minutes.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two moonrises

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

Moonrise of Sunday 3 October

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

19:20 moonrise
18:0818:3218:5619:2019:4420:0820:32

Absent at moonrise

Moonrise of Monday 4 October

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

19:56 moonrise
18:4419:0819:3219:5620:2020:4421:08

Holds 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 00:17 on Mon 4 Oct to 02:31 on Tue 5 Oct.

    2004-10-03T16:16:36Z → 2004-10-04T18:30:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 19:20 on the 3rd and 19:56 on the 4th.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 3rd and is on the 4th.

    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 17777 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Daqing, 2004: Monday 4 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2004 falls on Monday 4 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:17 on Mon 4 Oct to 02:31 on Tue 5 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2004/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 4 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 4 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 4 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 3rdCoveredMoonrise 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:17 → 11:3121:46holds22:32no3 Oct
Chicago11:17 → 13:3121:12holds21:55no3 Oct
Jersey City12:17 → 14:3121:21holds22:04no3 Oct
Port of Spain12:17 → 14:3121:50holds22:39no3 Oct
London17:17 → 19:3120:26holds21:01no3 Oct
Durban18:17 → 20:3122:56holds23:52no3 Oct
Dubai20:17 → 22:3121:15holds22:01holds3 Oct
Delhi21:47 → 00:0121:06no21:50holds4 Oct
Kolkata21:47 → 00:0120:35no21:21holds4 Oct
Singapore00:17 → 02:3122:45no23:35holds4 Oct
Sydney02:17 → 04:3122:47no23:45holds4 Oct
Suva04:17 → 06:3122:15no23:09holds4 Oct
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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