Midday of Tuesday 18 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:39 12:27 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:32:05
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 1947
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 18 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 19 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:32 on Tue 18 Nov to 14:04 on Wed 19 Nov.
1947-11-18T03:32:05Z → 1947-11-19T06:04:22Z
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′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 413 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1947: Tuesday 18 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1947 falls on Tuesday 18 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:32 on Tue 18 Nov to 14:04 on Wed 19 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 18 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 18 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 19 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 18th | Covered | Madhyāhna 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:32 → 22:04 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Chicago | 21:32 → 00:04 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Jersey City | 22:32 → 01:04 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 23:32 → 02:04 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| London | 03:32 → 06:04 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Durban | 05:32 → 08:04 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Dubai | 07:32 → 10:04 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:40 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Delhi | 09:02 → 11:34 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Kolkata | 09:02 → 11:34 | 10:57 | 48 min | 10:58 | 37 min | 18 Nov |
| Singapore | 11:02 → 13:34 | 11:56 | 48 min | 11:56 | 48 min | 18 Nov |
| Sydney | 13:32 → 16:04 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 19 Nov |
| Suva | 15:32 → 18:04 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 19 Nov |