Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 1954

Tuesday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 101 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 Monday 1 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 Tuesday 2 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:06 on Mon 1 Nov to 15:44 on Tue 2 Nov.

    1954-11-01T06:06:15Z → 1954-11-02T07:44:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 1st, 11:38–12:26 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 6041 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1954: Tuesday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1954 falls on Tuesday 2 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:06 on Mon 1 Nov to 15:44 on Tue 2 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1954/surya-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:06 → 23:4411:1248 min11:120 min1 Nov
Chicago00:06 → 01:4411:1048 min11:100 min1 Nov
Jersey City01:06 → 02:4411:1648 min11:160 min1 Nov
Port of Spain02:06 → 03:4411:2648 min11:260 min1 Nov
London06:06 → 07:4411:2048 min11:200 min1 Nov
Durban08:06 → 09:4411:1648 min11:160 min1 Nov
Dubai10:06 → 11:4411:3848 min11:386 min1 Nov
Delhi11:36 → 13:1411:4148 min11:4148 min1 Nov
Kolkata11:36 → 13:1410:568 min10:5648 min2 Nov
Singapore13:36 → 15:1411:540 min11:5448 min2 Nov
Sydney16:06 → 17:4411:150 min11:1548 min2 Nov
Suva18:06 → 19:4411:260 min11:2648 min2 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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