Midday of Monday 3 November
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:38 12:26 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 12:29:36
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 1913
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 03 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 3 November
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 4 November
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:30 on Mon 3 Nov to 12:43 on Tue 4 Nov.
1913-11-03T04:29:36Z → 1913-11-04T04:42:33Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 3rd, 11:38–12:26 on the 4th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 243 s < 300 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1913: Tuesday 4 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1913 falls on Tuesday 4 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:30 on Mon 3 Nov to 12:43 on Tue 4 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 4 min 03 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 4 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 4 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 4 Nov |
| 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 · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 6 Nadi sasthi, Skanda sasthi (Madras), Surya sasthi, Chhat (Bihar).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:30 → 20:43 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Chicago | 22:30 → 22:43 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Jersey City | 23:30 → 23:43 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 00:30 → 00:43 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| London | 04:30 → 04:43 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Durban | 06:30 → 06:43 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Dubai | 08:11 → 08:24 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Delhi | 10:00 → 10:13 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Kolkata | 10:00 → 10:13 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Singapore | 11:30 → 11:43 | 11:24 | 43 min | 11:24 | 18 min | 3 Nov |
| Sydney | 14:30 → 14:43 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Suva | 16:25 → 16:38 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 4 Nov |