Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2035

Saturday 22 September

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 275 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 Saturday 22 September

Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.

20:34 moonrise
19:2219:4620:1020:3420:5821:2221:46

Holds at moonrise

Moonrise of Sunday 23 September

Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.

21:19 moonrise
20:0720:3120:5521:1921:4322:0722:31

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 15:59 on Sat 22 Sep to 13:55 on Sun 23 Sep.

    2035-09-22T07:59:09Z → 2035-09-23T05:55:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Moonrise is at 20:34 on the 22nd and 21:19 on the 23rd.

    moonrise: disc centre, 31′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 22nd and is not on the 23rd.

    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 16473 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Daqing, 2035: Saturday 22 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2035 falls on Saturday 22 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 15:59 on Sat 22 Sep to 13:55 on Sun 23 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2035/chandra-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 22 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 22 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 22 Sep
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 22ndCoveredMoonrise 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:59 → 22:5522:45holds23:37no22 Sep
Chicago02:59 → 00:5522:22holds23:12no22 Sep
Jersey City03:59 → 01:5522:28holds23:19no22 Sep
Port of Spain03:59 → 01:5522:25holds23:20no22 Sep
London08:59 → 06:5521:55holds22:40no22 Sep
Durban09:59 → 07:5522:54holds23:56no22 Sep
Dubai11:59 → 09:5522:01holds22:53no22 Sep
Delhi13:29 → 11:2521:55holds22:46no22 Sep
Kolkata13:29 → 11:2521:17holds22:10no22 Sep
Singapore15:59 → 13:5523:09holds00:06no22 Sep
Sydney17:59 → 15:5522:39holds23:42no22 Sep
Suva19:59 → 17:5522:22holds23:22no22 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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