Moonrise of Friday 12 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
23:04 moonrise
21:5222:1622:4023:0423:2823:5200:16
Holds at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2025
Determinatein Sydney, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 515 minutes.
Decide it for
33°52′ S 151°12′ E · Australia/Sydney · GeoNames 2147714
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The moonrise is read as disc centre, 31′.
Moonrise of Friday 12 September
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Moonrise of Saturday 13 September
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:29 on Fri 12 Sep to 11:54 on Sat 13 Sep.
2025-09-12T04:29:07Z → 2025-09-13T01:53:44Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 23:04 on the 12th and 00:17 on the 13th.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 12th and is not on the 13th.
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 30891 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Sydney, 2025: Friday 12 September.
confidence: determinate
In Sydney, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2025 falls on Friday 12 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:29 on Fri 12 Sep to 11:54 on Sat 13 Sep and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 12 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 12 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 12 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Sydney. | ||
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 12th | Covered | Moonrise 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:29 → 18:54 | 22:15 | no | 23:08 | no | 11 Sep |
| Chicago | 23:29 → 20:54 | 21:41 | no | 22:30 | no | 11 Sep |
| Jersey City | 00:29 → 21:54 | 21:50 | holds | 22:39 | no | 12 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 00:29 → 21:54 | 22:17 | no | 23:16 | no | 11 Sep |
| London | 05:29 → 02:54 | 20:57 | holds | 21:34 | no | 12 Sep |
| Durban | 06:29 → 03:54 | 23:18 | holds | 00:27 | no | 12 Sep |
| Dubai | 08:29 → 05:54 | 21:41 | holds | 22:34 | no | 12 Sep |
| Delhi | 09:59 → 07:24 | 21:31 | holds | 22:23 | no | 12 Sep |
| Kolkata | 09:59 → 07:24 | 20:59 | holds | 21:53 | no | 12 Sep |
| Singapore | 12:29 → 09:54 | 23:07 | holds | 00:07 | no | 12 Sep |
| Sydney | 14:29 → 11:54 | 23:04 | holds | 00:17 | no | 12 Sep |
| Suva | 16:29 → 13:54 | 22:33 | holds | 23:39 | no | 12 Sep |