Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) · 1933

Saturday 26 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 59 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Saturday 26 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 27 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 10:57 on Sat 26 Aug to 09:16 on Sun 27 Aug.

    1933-08-26T02:57:07Z → 1933-08-27T01:15:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 26th, 11:55–12:43 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 3517 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada), Baoding, 1933: Saturday 26 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) 1933 falls on Saturday 26 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:57 on Sat 26 Aug to 09:16 on Sun 27 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1933/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:57 → 17:1611:3048 min11:300 min26 Aug
Chicago21:57 → 20:1612:2848 min12:280 min26 Aug
Jersey City22:57 → 21:1612:3448 min12:330 min26 Aug
Port of Spain22:57 → 21:1611:4448 min11:430 min26 Aug
London03:57 → 02:1612:3848 min12:370 min26 Aug
Durban04:57 → 03:1611:3448 min11:340 min26 Aug
Dubai06:57 → 05:1611:5648 min11:560 min26 Aug
Delhi08:27 → 06:4611:5948 min11:580 min26 Aug
Kolkata08:27 → 06:4611:1448 min11:140 min26 Aug
Singapore10:17 → 08:3612:0248 min12:020 min26 Aug
Sydney12:57 → 11:1611:330 min11:330 min27 Aug
Suva14:57 → 13:1611:440 min11:4448 min27 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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