Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 1950

Wednesday 15 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 7 min 12 s.

Decide it for

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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 Tuesday 14 November

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

Midday of Wednesday 15 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 12:33:40
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

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 14:30 on Tue 14 Nov to 12:34 on Wed 15 Nov.

    1950-11-14T06:29:32Z → 1950-11-15T04:33:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 14th, 11:38–12:26 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 432 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1950: Wednesday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1950 falls on Wednesday 15 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:30 on Tue 14 Nov to 12:34 on Wed 15 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1950/surya-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:30 → 20:3411:1348 min11:130 min14 Nov
Chicago00:30 → 22:3411:1148 min11:110 min14 Nov
Jersey City01:30 → 23:3411:1748 min11:170 min14 Nov
Port of Spain02:30 → 00:3411:2648 min11:270 min14 Nov
London06:30 → 04:3411:2148 min11:210 min14 Nov
Durban08:30 → 06:3411:1648 min11:170 min14 Nov
Dubai10:30 → 08:3411:3948 min11:390 min14 Nov
Delhi12:00 → 10:0411:4130 min11:410 min14 Nov
Kolkata12:00 → 10:0410:570 min10:570 min15 Nov
Singapore14:00 → 12:0411:550 min11:559 min15 Nov
Sydney16:30 → 14:3411:160 min11:1648 min15 Nov
Suva18:30 → 16:3411:270 min11:2748 min15 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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