Moonrise of Thursday 1 October
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
23:16 moonrise
22:0422:2822:5223:1623:4000:0400:28
Holds at moonrise
Ruling · Candra Ṣaṣṭhī · 2026
Determinatein Sydney, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 370 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 Thursday 1 October
Taken. The only moonrise Ṣaṣṭhī holds at.
Holds at moonrise
Moonrise of Friday 2 October
Ṣaṣṭhī does not hold at moonrise. Not taken.
Absent at moonrise
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 17:06 on Thu 1 Oct to 14:46 on Fri 2 Oct.
2026-10-01T07:05:43Z → 2026-10-02T04:45:43Z
Kāla
Moonrise is at 23:16 on the 1st and 00:21 on the 2nd.
moonrise: disc centre, 31′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be current at moonrise. It is on the 1st and is not on the 2nd.
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 22188 s
Ruling
Candra Ṣaṣṭhī, Sydney, 2026: Thursday 1 October.
confidence: determinate
In Sydney, Candra Ṣaṣṭhī 2026 falls on Thursday 1 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 17:06 on Thu 1 Oct to 14:46 on Fri 2 Oct and is current at moonrise that day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 1 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 1 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 1 Oct |
| 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 1st | Covered | Moonrise 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:06 → 21:46 | 22:08 | no | 23:13 | no | 30 Sep |
| Chicago | 02:06 → 23:46 | 21:31 | holds | 22:35 | no | 1 Oct |
| Jersey City | 03:06 → 00:46 | 21:39 | holds | 22:43 | no | 1 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 03:06 → 00:46 | 22:15 | holds | 23:18 | no | 1 Oct |
| London | 08:06 → 05:46 | 20:33 | holds | 21:34 | no | 1 Oct |
| Durban | 09:06 → 06:46 | 23:26 | holds | 00:29 | no | 1 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:06 → 08:46 | 21:32 | holds | 22:34 | no | 1 Oct |
| Delhi | 12:36 → 10:16 | 21:21 | holds | 22:22 | no | 1 Oct |
| Kolkata | 12:36 → 10:16 | 20:51 | holds | 21:53 | no | 1 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:06 → 12:46 | 23:06 | holds | 00:08 | no | 1 Oct |
| Sydney | 17:06 → 14:46 | 23:16 | holds | 00:21 | no | 1 Oct |
| Suva | 19:06 → 16:46 | 22:37 | holds | 23:42 | no | 1 Oct |