Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) · 2003

Tuesday 2 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 48 s.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Monday 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

Midday of Tuesday 2 September

Taken. Ṣaṣṭhī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 11:46:55
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 14:06 on Mon 1 Sep to 11:47 on Tue 2 Sep.

    2003-09-01T06:06:27Z → 2003-09-02T03:46:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 1st, 11:54–12:42 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 408 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada), Baoding, 2003: Tuesday 2 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) 2003 falls on Tuesday 2 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:06 on Mon 1 Sep to 11:47 on Tue 2 Sep, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 2 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 2 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:06 → 20:4712:2948 min12:280 min1 Sep
Chicago01:06 → 22:4712:2648 min12:260 min1 Sep
Jersey City02:06 → 23:4712:3248 min12:320 min1 Sep
Port of Spain02:06 → 23:4711:4248 min11:420 min1 Sep
London07:06 → 04:4712:3648 min12:360 min1 Sep
Durban08:06 → 05:4711:3248 min11:320 min1 Sep
Dubai10:06 → 07:4711:5548 min11:540 min1 Sep
Delhi11:36 → 09:1711:5748 min11:570 min1 Sep
Kolkata11:36 → 09:1711:1324 min11:120 min1 Sep
Singapore14:06 → 11:4712:410 min12:400 min2 Sep
Sydney16:06 → 13:4711:320 min11:3148 min2 Sep
Suva18:06 → 15:4711:430 min11:4248 min2 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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