Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 1953

Thursday 12 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 341 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 12 November

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

Midday of Friday 13 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

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 05:57 on Thu 12 Nov to 05:30 on Fri 13 Nov.

    1953-11-11T21:56:48Z → 1953-11-12T21:29:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 12th, 11:38–12:26 on the 13th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 20478 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1953: Thursday 12 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1953 falls on Thursday 12 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 05:57 on Thu 12 Nov to 05:30 on Fri 13 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1953/surya-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:57 → 13:3011:130 min11:1348 min12 Nov
Chicago15:57 → 15:3011:100 min11:1148 min12 Nov
Jersey City16:57 → 16:3011:160 min11:1648 min12 Nov
Port of Spain17:57 → 17:3011:260 min11:2648 min12 Nov
London21:57 → 21:3011:200 min11:2048 min12 Nov
Durban23:57 → 23:3011:160 min11:1648 min12 Nov
Dubai01:57 → 01:3011:390 min11:3948 min12 Nov
Delhi03:27 → 03:0011:410 min11:4148 min12 Nov
Kolkata03:27 → 03:0010:560 min10:5748 min12 Nov
Singapore05:27 → 05:0011:550 min11:5548 min12 Nov
Sydney07:57 → 07:3011:150 min11:1648 min12 Nov
Suva09:57 → 09:3011:260 min11:2748 min12 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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