Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) · 1995

Thursday 31 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 145 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 Thursday 31 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 1 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 09:29 on Thu 31 Aug to 07:55 on Fri 1 Sep.

    1995-08-31T01:28:54Z → 1995-08-31T23:54:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 31st, 11:54–12:42 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 8727 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada), Baoding, 1995: Thursday 31 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) 1995 falls on Thursday 31 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:29 on Thu 31 Aug to 07:55 on Fri 1 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1995/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 31 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 31 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 31 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:29 → 16:5512:2948 min12:290 min31 Aug
Chicago20:29 → 18:5512:2748 min12:260 min31 Aug
Jersey City21:29 → 19:5512:3248 min12:320 min31 Aug
Port of Spain21:29 → 19:5511:4248 min11:420 min31 Aug
London02:29 → 00:5512:3648 min12:360 min31 Aug
Durban03:29 → 01:5511:3348 min11:320 min31 Aug
Dubai05:29 → 03:5511:5548 min11:550 min31 Aug
Delhi06:59 → 05:2511:5748 min11:570 min31 Aug
Kolkata06:59 → 05:2511:1348 min11:130 min31 Aug
Singapore09:29 → 07:5512:4148 min12:410 min31 Aug
Sydney11:29 → 09:5511:3248 min11:320 min31 Aug
Suva13:29 → 11:5511:430 min11:4312 min1 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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