Midday of Friday 24 October
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:38 12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 1952
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 452 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 24 October
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 25 October
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:07 on Fri 24 Oct to 02:40 on Sat 25 Oct.
1952-10-23T20:06:31Z → 1952-10-24T18:39:55Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 24th, 11:38–12:26 on the 25th.
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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.
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 27098 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1952: Friday 24 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1952 falls on Friday 24 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:07 on Fri 24 Oct to 02:40 on Sat 25 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 24 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 24 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 24 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 23rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:07 → 10:40 | 11:13 | 0 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Chicago | 14:07 → 12:40 | 11:11 | 0 min | 11:11 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Jersey City | 15:07 → 13:40 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 16:07 → 14:40 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| London | 21:07 → 19:40 | 12:20 | 0 min | 12:20 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Durban | 22:07 → 20:40 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Dubai | 00:07 → 22:40 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Delhi | 01:37 → 00:10 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Kolkata | 01:37 → 00:10 | 10:57 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Singapore | 03:37 → 02:10 | 11:55 | 0 min | 11:55 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Sydney | 06:07 → 04:40 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Suva | 08:07 → 06:40 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 24 Oct |