Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) · 1997

Monday 8 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 419 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 Sunday 7 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 Monday 8 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 19:39 on Sun 7 Sep to 20:54 on Mon 8 Sep.

    1997-09-07T11:38:42Z → 1997-09-08T12:54:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 7th, 11:52–12:40 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 25128 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada), Baoding, 1997: Monday 8 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) 1997 falls on Monday 8 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 19:39 on Sun 7 Sep to 20:54 on Mon 8 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1997/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 8 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 8 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:39 → 05:5412:2748 min12:260 min7 Sep
Chicago06:39 → 07:5412:2448 min12:240 min7 Sep
Jersey City07:39 → 08:5412:3048 min12:300 min7 Sep
Port of Spain07:39 → 08:5411:4048 min11:400 min7 Sep
London12:39 → 13:5412:3443 min12:3448 min8 Sep
Durban13:39 → 14:5411:300 min11:3048 min8 Sep
Dubai15:39 → 16:5411:530 min11:5248 min8 Sep
Delhi17:09 → 18:2411:550 min11:5548 min8 Sep
Kolkata17:09 → 18:2411:100 min11:1048 min8 Sep
Singapore19:39 → 20:5412:390 min12:3848 min8 Sep
Sydney21:39 → 22:5411:300 min11:2948 min8 Sep
Suva23:39 → 00:5411:410 min11:4048 min8 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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