Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 1909

Friday 19 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 161 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 Thursday 18 November

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 19 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 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 15:33 on Thu 18 Nov to 15:08 on Fri 19 Nov.

    1909-11-18T07:33:11Z → 1909-11-19T07:08:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 18th, 11:39–12:27 on the 19th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 9667 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1909: Friday 19 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1909 falls on Friday 19 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 15:33 on Thu 18 Nov to 15:08 on Fri 19 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1909/surya-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 19 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 19 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 19 Nov
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 · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 6 Nadi sasthi, Skanda sasthi (Madras), Surya sasthi, Chhat (Bihar).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMadhyāhna 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:33 → 23:0811:1448 min11:140 min18 Nov
Chicago01:33 → 01:0811:1248 min11:120 min18 Nov
Jersey City02:33 → 02:0811:1748 min11:180 min18 Nov
Port of Spain03:33 → 03:0811:2748 min11:270 min18 Nov
London07:33 → 07:0811:2148 min11:220 min18 Nov
Durban09:33 → 09:0811:1748 min11:170 min18 Nov
Dubai11:14 → 10:4911:2148 min11:210 min18 Nov
Delhi13:03 → 12:3811:420 min11:4248 min19 Nov
Kolkata13:03 → 12:3810:580 min10:5848 min19 Nov
Singapore14:33 → 14:0811:260 min11:2648 min19 Nov
Sydney17:33 → 17:0811:160 min11:1748 min19 Nov
Suva19:28 → 19:0311:220 min11:2348 min19 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
surya-shashthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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