Midday of Thursday 5 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
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 1959
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 08 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 5 November
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 6 November
Taken. Ṣaṣṭhī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:55 on Thu 5 Nov to 11:37 on Fri 6 Nov.
1959-11-05T05:55:01Z → 1959-11-06T03:37:27Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 5th, 11:38–12:26 on the 6th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: unstated → second-day · margin 8 s < 300 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1959: Friday 6 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1959 falls on Friday 6 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:55 on Thu 5 Nov to 11:37 on Fri 6 Nov, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day. It is 0 min 08 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 6 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 6 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 6 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 5th | Covered | Madhyāhna 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:55 → 19:37 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Chicago | 23:55 → 21:37 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Jersey City | 00:55 → 22:37 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 01:55 → 23:37 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| London | 05:55 → 03:37 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Durban | 07:55 → 05:37 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Dubai | 09:55 → 07:37 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Delhi | 11:25 → 09:07 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Kolkata | 11:25 → 09:07 | 10:56 | 19 min | 10:56 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Singapore | 13:25 → 11:07 | 11:54 | 0 min | 11:54 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Sydney | 15:55 → 13:37 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Suva | 17:55 → 15:37 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 6 Nov |