Midday of Saturday 8 November
Qualifies with 18 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:38 12:26 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 12:07:26
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14
18 of 48 minutes covered, the last 18
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 1975
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 8 November
Qualifies with 18 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
18 of 48 minutes covered, the last 18
Midday of Sunday 9 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:07 on Sat 8 Nov to 12:28 on Sun 9 Nov.
1975-11-08T04:07:26Z → 1975-11-09T04:27:50Z
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 18 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 126 s < 300 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1975: Sunday 9 November.
confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1975 falls on Sunday 9 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:07 on Sat 8 Nov to 12:28 on Sun 9 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 18 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 2 min 06 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 9 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 9 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 9 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 8th | Covered | Madhyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:07 → 20:28 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Chicago | 22:07 → 22:28 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Jersey City | 23:07 → 23:28 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 00:07 → 00:28 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| London | 04:07 → 04:28 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Durban | 06:07 → 06:28 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Dubai | 08:07 → 08:28 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Delhi | 09:37 → 09:58 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Kolkata | 09:37 → 09:58 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Singapore | 11:37 → 11:58 | 11:54 | 48 min | 11:54 | 3 min | 8 Nov |
| Sydney | 15:07 → 15:28 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Suva | 16:07 → 16:28 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 9 Nov |