Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) · 1921

Wednesday 7 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 601 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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 7 September

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

48 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 23:07 on Tue 6 Sep to 22:41 on Wed 7 Sep.

    1921-09-06T15:06:40Z → 1921-09-07T14:40:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 6th, 11:52–12:40 on the 7th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 36055 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada), Baoding, 1921: Wednesday 7 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) 1921 falls on Wednesday 7 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 23:07 on Tue 6 Sep to 22:41 on Wed 7 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1921/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 7 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 7 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:07 → 06:4111:2748 min11:270 min6 Sep
Chicago10:07 → 09:4112:2548 min12:240 min6 Sep
Jersey City11:07 → 10:4112:3048 min12:300 min6 Sep
Port of Spain11:07 → 10:4111:4048 min11:400 min6 Sep
London16:07 → 15:4112:340 min12:3448 min7 Sep
Durban17:07 → 16:4111:310 min11:3048 min7 Sep
Dubai19:07 → 18:4111:530 min11:5348 min7 Sep
Delhi20:37 → 20:1111:550 min11:5548 min7 Sep
Kolkata20:37 → 20:1111:110 min11:1148 min7 Sep
Singapore22:07 → 21:4111:390 min11:3948 min7 Sep
Sydney01:07 → 00:4111:300 min11:3048 min7 Sep
Suva03:07 → 02:4111:410 min11:4148 min7 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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