Moonrise of Thursday 22 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
19:26 moonrise
18:1418:3819:0219:2619:5020:1420:38
Absent at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2005
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 298 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Thursday 22 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Moonrise of Friday 23 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:41 on Fri 23 Sep to 00:56 on Sat 24 Sep.
2005-09-22T16:40:55Z → 2005-09-23T16:56:14Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 19:26 on the 22nd and 19:59 on the 23rd.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 22nd and is on the 23rd.
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 17864 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Daqing, 2005: Friday 23 September.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2005 falls on Friday 23 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:41 on Fri 23 Sep to 00:56 on Sat 24 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 23 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 23 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 23 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 22nd | Covered | Moonrise 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:41 → 09:56 | 21:46 | holds | 22:31 | no | 22 Sep |
| Chicago | 11:41 → 11:56 | 21:14 | holds | 21:55 | no | 22 Sep |
| Jersey City | 12:41 → 12:56 | 21:23 | holds | 22:04 | no | 22 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 12:41 → 12:56 | 21:47 | holds | 22:38 | no | 22 Sep |
| London | 17:41 → 17:56 | 20:32 | holds | 21:03 | no | 22 Sep |
| Durban | 18:41 → 18:56 | 22:48 | holds | 23:50 | no | 22 Sep |
| Dubai | 20:41 → 20:56 | 21:14 | holds | 22:00 | no | 22 Sep |
| Delhi | 22:11 → 22:26 | 21:06 | no | 21:50 | holds | 23 Sep |
| Kolkata | 22:11 → 22:26 | 20:34 | no | 21:20 | holds | 23 Sep |
| Singapore | 00:41 → 00:56 | 22:40 | no | 23:33 | holds | 23 Sep |
| Sydney | 02:41 → 02:56 | 22:36 | no | 23:41 | holds | 23 Sep |
| Suva | 04:41 → 04:56 | 22:06 | no | 23:05 | holds | 23 Sep |