Midday of Friday 5 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
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) · 2008
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 316 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 5 September
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 6 September
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:43 on Fri 5 Sep to 06:36 on Sat 6 Sep.
2008-09-04T20:43:13Z → 2008-09-05T22:36:21Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 5th, 11:52–12:40 on the 6th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 18948 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada), Baoding, 2008: Friday 5 September.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) 2008 falls on Friday 5 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:43 on Fri 5 Sep to 06:36 on Sat 6 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 5 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 5 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 5 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 6 Surya sasthi (paraviddha), Lolarka sasthi” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Madhyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:43 → 15:36 | 12:27 | 0 min | 12:27 | 48 min | 5 Sep |
| Chicago | 15:43 → 17:36 | 12:25 | 0 min | 12:25 | 48 min | 5 Sep |
| Jersey City | 16:43 → 18:36 | 12:31 | 0 min | 12:30 | 48 min | 5 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 16:43 → 18:36 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 5 Sep |
| London | 21:43 → 23:36 | 12:35 | 0 min | 12:35 | 48 min | 5 Sep |
| Durban | 22:43 → 00:36 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 5 Sep |
| Dubai | 00:43 → 02:36 | 11:54 | 0 min | 11:53 | 48 min | 5 Sep |
| Delhi | 02:13 → 04:06 | 11:56 | 0 min | 11:55 | 48 min | 5 Sep |
| Kolkata | 02:13 → 04:06 | 11:11 | 0 min | 11:11 | 48 min | 5 Sep |
| Singapore | 04:43 → 06:36 | 12:40 | 0 min | 12:39 | 48 min | 5 Sep |
| Sydney | 06:43 → 08:36 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 5 Sep |
| Suva | 08:43 → 10:36 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 5 Sep |