Midday of Friday 28 October
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:38 12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 1938
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 551 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 28 October
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 29 October
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 21:36 on Fri 28 Oct to 00:00 on Sun 30 Oct.
1938-10-28T13:36:24Z → 1938-10-29T16:00:12Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 28th, 11:38–12:26 on the 29th.
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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.
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 33035 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1938: Saturday 29 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1938 falls on Saturday 29 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 21:36 on Fri 28 Oct to 00:00 on Sun 30 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 29 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 29 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 29 Oct |
| 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 28th | Covered | Madhyāhna 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:36 → 08:00 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Chicago | 07:36 → 10:00 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Jersey City | 08:36 → 11:00 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 09:36 → 12:00 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 34 min | 28 Oct |
| London | 13:36 → 16:00 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Durban | 15:36 → 18:00 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Dubai | 17:36 → 20:00 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Delhi | 19:06 → 21:30 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Kolkata | 19:06 → 21:30 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Singapore | 20:56 → 23:20 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Sydney | 23:36 → 02:00 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Suva | 01:36 → 04:00 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 29 Oct |