Midday of Wednesday 7 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) · 2016
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 438 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 7 September
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 8 September
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 02:06 on Wed 7 Sep to 04:33 on Thu 8 Sep.
2016-09-06T18:05:54Z → 2016-09-07T20:33:15Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 7th, 11:51–12:39 on the 8th.
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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.
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 26292 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada), Baoding, 2016: Wednesday 7 September.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) 2016 falls on Wednesday 7 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 02:06 on Wed 7 Sep to 04:33 on Thu 8 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 7 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 7 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 7 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 6th | Covered | Madhyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:06 → 13:33 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 7 Sep |
| Chicago | 13:06 → 15:33 | 12:24 | 6 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 7 Sep |
| Jersey City | 14:06 → 16:33 | 12:30 | 0 min | 12:30 | 48 min | 7 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 14:06 → 16:33 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 7 Sep |
| London | 19:06 → 21:33 | 12:34 | 0 min | 12:34 | 48 min | 7 Sep |
| Durban | 20:06 → 22:33 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 7 Sep |
| Dubai | 22:06 → 00:33 | 11:53 | 0 min | 11:52 | 48 min | 7 Sep |
| Delhi | 23:36 → 02:03 | 11:55 | 0 min | 11:55 | 48 min | 7 Sep |
| Kolkata | 23:36 → 02:03 | 11:11 | 0 min | 11:10 | 48 min | 7 Sep |
| Singapore | 02:06 → 04:33 | 12:39 | 0 min | 12:39 | 48 min | 7 Sep |
| Sydney | 04:06 → 06:33 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 7 Sep |
| Suva | 06:06 → 08:33 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 7 Sep |