Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) · 2027

Sunday 5 September

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 44 minutes.

Decide it for

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23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 5 September

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:17:55
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 6 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 11:18 on Sun 5 Sep to 10:58 on Mon 6 Sep.

    2027-09-05T05:47:55Z → 2027-09-06T05:28:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 5th, 12:01–12:49 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 2619 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada), Ujjain, 2027: Sunday 5 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada) 2027 falls on Sunday 5 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:18 on Sun 5 Sep to 10:58 on Mon 6 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2027/surya-shashthi-bhadrapada · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 5 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 5 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 5 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:48 → 22:2812:2748 min12:270 min5 Sep
Chicago00:48 → 00:2812:2548 min12:250 min5 Sep
Jersey City01:48 → 01:2812:3148 min12:300 min5 Sep
Port of Spain01:48 → 01:2811:4148 min11:400 min5 Sep
London06:48 → 06:2812:3548 min12:340 min5 Sep
Durban07:48 → 07:2811:3148 min11:310 min5 Sep
Dubai09:48 → 09:2811:5348 min11:530 min5 Sep
Delhi11:18 → 10:5811:5648 min11:550 min5 Sep
Kolkata11:18 → 10:5811:1141 min11:110 min5 Sep
Singapore13:48 → 13:2812:390 min12:3948 min6 Sep
Sydney15:48 → 15:2811:300 min11:3048 min6 Sep
Suva17:48 → 17:2811:410 min11:4148 min6 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