Midday of Thursday 8 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
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 1956
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 255 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 8 November
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 9 November
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 05:02 on Thu 8 Nov to 07:23 on Fri 9 Nov.
1956-11-07T21:01:41Z → 1956-11-08T23:23:13Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 8th, 11:38–12:26 on the 9th.
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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.
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 15275 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1956: Thursday 8 November.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1956 falls on Thursday 8 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 05:02 on Thu 8 Nov to 07:23 on Fri 9 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 8 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 8 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 8 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 7th | Covered | Madhyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:02 → 15:23 | 11:13 | 0 min | 11:13 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Chicago | 15:02 → 17:23 | 11:10 | 0 min | 11:10 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Jersey City | 16:02 → 18:23 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 17:02 → 19:23 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| London | 21:02 → 23:23 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Durban | 23:02 → 01:23 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Dubai | 01:02 → 03:23 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Delhi | 02:32 → 04:53 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Kolkata | 02:32 → 04:53 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Singapore | 04:32 → 06:53 | 11:54 | 0 min | 11:54 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Sydney | 07:02 → 09:23 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Suva | 09:02 → 11:23 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 8 Nov |