Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) · 1913

Friday 5 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 5 September

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 12:25:55
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

15 of 48 minutes covered, the last 15

Midday of Saturday 6 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 12:26 on Fri 5 Sep to 10:35 on Sat 6 Sep.

    1913-09-05T04:25:56Z → 1913-09-06T02:34:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 5th, 11:52–12:40 on the 6th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 15 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 887 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada), Baoding, 1913: Friday 5 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) 1913 falls on Friday 5 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:26 on Fri 5 Sep to 10:35 on Sat 6 Sep and covers 15 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1913/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 5 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 5 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 5 Sep
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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:26 → 18:3511:2748 min11:270 min5 Sep
Chicago22:26 → 20:3511:2548 min11:250 min5 Sep
Jersey City23:26 → 21:3511:3148 min11:300 min5 Sep
Port of Spain00:26 → 22:3511:4148 min11:400 min5 Sep
London04:26 → 02:3511:3548 min11:340 min5 Sep
Durban06:26 → 04:3511:3148 min11:310 min5 Sep
Dubai08:07 → 06:1611:3448 min11:340 min5 Sep
Delhi09:56 → 08:0511:5648 min11:550 min5 Sep
Kolkata09:56 → 08:0511:1148 min11:110 min5 Sep
Singapore11:26 → 09:3511:3948 min11:390 min5 Sep
Sydney14:26 → 12:3511:300 min11:3048 min6 Sep
Suva16:21 → 14:3011:360 min11:3648 min6 Sep
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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