Moonrise of Thursday 26 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
20:48 moonrise
19:3620:0020:2420:4821:1221:3622:00
Absent at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2002
Determinatein Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 493 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Thursday 26 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Moonrise of Friday 27 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 05:00 on Fri 27 Sep to 06:43 on Sat 28 Sep.
2002-09-27T02:00:29Z → 2002-09-28T03:42:36Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 20:48 on the 26th and 21:28 on the 27th.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is not on the 26th and is on the 27th.
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 29566 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Riyadh, 2002: Friday 27 September.
confidence: determinate
In Riyadh, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2002 falls on Friday 27 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 05:00 on Fri 27 Sep to 06:43 on Sat 28 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 27 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 27 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 27 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Riyadh. | ||
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 27th | Covered | Moonrise 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:00 → 20:43 | 22:26 | no | 23:13 | no | 26 Sep |
| Chicago | 21:00 → 22:43 | 21:57 | holds | 22:40 | no | 26 Sep |
| Jersey City | 22:00 → 23:43 | 22:05 | holds | 22:48 | no | 27 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 22:00 → 23:43 | 22:22 | holds | 23:13 | no | 27 Sep |
| London | 03:00 → 04:43 | 21:18 | holds | 21:54 | no | 27 Sep |
| Durban | 04:00 → 05:43 | 23:16 | holds | 00:14 | no | 27 Sep |
| Dubai | 06:00 → 07:43 | 21:52 | holds | 22:38 | no | 27 Sep |
| Delhi | 07:30 → 09:13 | 21:44 | holds | 22:29 | no | 27 Sep |
| Kolkata | 07:30 → 09:13 | 21:11 | holds | 21:57 | no | 27 Sep |
| Singapore | 10:00 → 11:43 | 23:15 | holds | 00:05 | no | 27 Sep |
| Sydney | 12:00 → 13:43 | 23:06 | holds | 00:05 | no | 27 Sep |
| Suva | 14:00 → 15:43 | 22:39 | holds | 23:34 | no | 27 Sep |