Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) · 2014

Sunday 31 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 249 minutes.

Decide it for

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 31 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:16 on Sun 31 Aug to 07:45 on Mon 1 Sep.

    2014-08-30T23:16:29Z → 2014-08-31T23:44:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 31st, 11:54–12:42 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 14947 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada), Baoding, 2014: Sunday 31 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) 2014 falls on Sunday 31 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:16 on Sun 31 Aug to 07:45 on Mon 1 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 31 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 31 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 31 Aug
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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:16 → 16:4512:290 min12:2948 min31 Aug
Chicago18:16 → 18:4512:270 min12:2748 min31 Aug
Jersey City19:16 → 19:4512:330 min12:3248 min31 Aug
Port of Spain19:16 → 19:4511:430 min11:4248 min31 Aug
London00:16 → 00:4512:370 min12:3648 min31 Aug
Durban01:16 → 01:4511:330 min11:3248 min31 Aug
Dubai03:16 → 03:4511:550 min11:5548 min31 Aug
Delhi04:46 → 05:1511:580 min11:5748 min31 Aug
Kolkata04:46 → 05:1511:130 min11:1348 min31 Aug
Singapore07:16 → 07:4512:410 min12:4148 min31 Aug
Sydney09:16 → 09:4511:320 min11:3248 min31 Aug
Suva11:16 → 11:4511:430 min11:4348 min1 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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