Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) · 1972

Wednesday 13 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 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 Wednesday 13 September

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 14 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 11:38:10
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

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 09:08 on Wed 13 Sep to 11:38 on Thu 14 Sep.

    1972-09-13T01:08:03Z → 1972-09-14T03:38:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:50–12:38 on the 13th, 11:49–12:37 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 675 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada), Baoding, 1972: Wednesday 13 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) 1972 falls on Wednesday 13 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:08 on Wed 13 Sep to 11:38 on Thu 14 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1972/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 13 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 13 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:08 → 20:3812:2448 min12:240 min13 Sep
Chicago20:08 → 22:3812:2248 min12:220 min13 Sep
Jersey City21:08 → 23:3812:2848 min12:270 min13 Sep
Port of Spain21:08 → 23:3811:3848 min11:370 min13 Sep
London02:08 → 04:3812:3248 min12:310 min13 Sep
Durban03:08 → 05:3811:2848 min11:280 min13 Sep
Dubai05:08 → 07:3811:5048 min11:500 min13 Sep
Delhi06:38 → 09:0811:5348 min11:520 min13 Sep
Kolkata06:38 → 09:0811:0848 min11:080 min13 Sep
Singapore08:38 → 11:0812:0748 min12:060 min13 Sep
Sydney11:08 → 13:3811:2748 min11:2748 min14 Sep
Suva13:08 → 15:3811:380 min11:3848 min14 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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