Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) · 2000

Sunday 3 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 94 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 3 September

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 4 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 09:50 on Sun 3 Sep to 10:19 on Mon 4 Sep.

    2000-09-03T01:49:42Z → 2000-09-04T02:18:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 5646 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada), Baoding, 2000: Sunday 3 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) 2000 falls on Sunday 3 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:50 on Sun 3 Sep to 10:19 on Mon 4 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2000/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:50 → 19:1912:2848 min12:270 min3 Sep
Chicago20:50 → 21:1912:2548 min12:250 min3 Sep
Jersey City21:50 → 22:1912:3148 min12:310 min3 Sep
Port of Spain21:50 → 22:1911:4148 min11:410 min3 Sep
London02:50 → 03:1912:3548 min12:350 min3 Sep
Durban03:50 → 04:1911:3148 min11:310 min3 Sep
Dubai05:50 → 06:1911:5448 min11:540 min3 Sep
Delhi07:20 → 07:4911:5648 min11:560 min3 Sep
Kolkata07:20 → 07:4911:1248 min11:110 min3 Sep
Singapore09:50 → 10:1912:4048 min12:400 min3 Sep
Sydney12:50 → 13:1912:3129 min12:3048 min4 Sep
Suva13:50 → 14:1911:420 min11:4148 min4 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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