Midday of Tuesday 28 August
Qualifies with 6 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:55 12:43 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 12:37:19
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31
6 of 48 minutes covered, the last 6
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) · 1979
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 57 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 28 August
Qualifies with 6 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
6 of 48 minutes covered, the last 6
Midday of Wednesday 29 August
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:37 on Tue 28 Aug to 13:45 on Wed 29 Aug.
1979-08-28T04:37:19Z → 1979-08-29T05:44:33Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 28th, 11:55–12:43 on the 29th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 6 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 357 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada), Baoding, 1979: Wednesday 29 August.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) 1979 falls on Wednesday 29 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:37 on Tue 28 Aug to 13:45 on Wed 29 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 6 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 29 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 29 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 29 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 6 Surya sasthi (paraviddha), Lolarka sasthi” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Madhyāhna 28th | Covered | Madhyāhna 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:37 → 22:45 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:30 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Chicago | 23:37 → 00:45 | 12:28 | 48 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Jersey City | 00:37 → 01:45 | 12:33 | 48 min | 12:33 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 00:37 → 01:45 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| London | 05:37 → 06:45 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:37 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Durban | 06:37 → 07:45 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Dubai | 08:37 → 09:45 | 11:56 | 48 min | 11:56 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Delhi | 10:07 → 11:15 | 11:58 | 48 min | 11:58 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Kolkata | 10:07 → 11:15 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 1 min | 29 Aug |
| Singapore | 12:07 → 13:15 | 12:12 | 48 min | 12:12 | 48 min | 29 Aug |
| Sydney | 14:37 → 15:45 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 29 Aug |
| Suva | 16:37 → 17:45 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 29 Aug |