Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) · 1900

Friday 31 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 605 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 31 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 1 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 23:49 on Thu 30 Aug to 01:54 on Sat 1 Sep.

    1900-08-30T15:44:03Z → 1900-08-31T17:49:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 31st, 11:59–12:47 on the 1st.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 36278 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada), Baoding, 1900: Friday 31 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) 1900 falls on Friday 31 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 23:49 on Thu 30 Aug to 01:54 on Sat 1 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1900/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 31 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 31 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 31 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 6 Surya sasthi (paraviddha), Lolarka sasthi” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMadhyāhna 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:44 → 09:4911:2948 min11:290 min30 Aug
Chicago09:44 → 11:4911:2748 min11:2623 min31 Aug
Jersey City10:44 → 12:4911:3348 min11:3248 min31 Aug
Port of Spain11:44 → 13:4911:4347 min11:4248 min31 Aug
London15:44 → 17:4911:370 min11:3648 min31 Aug
Durban17:14 → 19:1911:030 min11:0248 min31 Aug
Dubai19:25 → 21:3011:360 min11:3648 min31 Aug
Delhi21:05 → 23:1011:490 min11:4848 min31 Aug
Kolkata21:05 → 23:1011:040 min11:0448 min31 Aug
Singapore22:39 → 00:4411:360 min11:3648 min31 Aug
Sydney01:44 → 03:4911:320 min11:3248 min31 Aug
Suva03:39 → 05:4411:380 min11:3848 min31 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
surya-shashthi-bhadrapada@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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