Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) · 2007

Monday 17 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 108 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Monday 17 September

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 18 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

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 07:40 on Mon 17 Sep to 10:01 on Tue 18 Sep.

    2007-09-16T23:40:25Z → 2007-09-18T02:00:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 17th, 11:48–12:36 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 6462 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada), Baoding, 2007: Monday 17 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) 2007 falls on Monday 17 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:40 on Mon 17 Sep to 10:01 on Tue 18 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2007/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 17 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 17 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:40 → 19:0112:240 min12:230 min17 Sep
Chicago18:40 → 21:0112:210 min12:200 min17 Sep
Jersey City19:40 → 22:0112:270 min12:260 min17 Sep
Port of Spain19:40 → 22:0111:370 min11:360 min17 Sep
London00:40 → 03:0112:310 min12:300 min17 Sep
Durban01:40 → 04:0111:270 min11:260 min17 Sep
Dubai03:40 → 06:0111:500 min11:490 min17 Sep
Delhi05:10 → 07:3111:520 min11:510 min17 Sep
Kolkata05:10 → 07:3111:070 min11:070 min17 Sep
Singapore07:40 → 10:0112:360 min12:350 min17 Sep
Sydney09:40 → 12:0111:270 min11:2635 min18 Sep
Suva11:40 → 14:0111:380 min11:3748 min18 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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