Midday of Wednesday 27 October
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 1976
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 415 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 27 October
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 28 October
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 21:05 on Wed 27 Oct to 19:20 on Thu 28 Oct.
1976-10-27T13:05:29Z → 1976-10-28T11:20:30Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 27th, 11:38–12:26 on the 28th.
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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.
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 24886 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1976: Thursday 28 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1976 falls on Thursday 28 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 21:05 on Wed 27 Oct to 19:20 on Thu 28 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 28 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 28 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 28 Oct |
| 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 27th | Covered | Madhyāhna 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:05 → 04:20 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Chicago | 08:05 → 06:20 | 12:10 | 48 min | 12:10 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Jersey City | 09:05 → 07:20 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 09:05 → 07:20 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| London | 13:05 → 11:20 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 1 min | 28 Oct |
| Durban | 15:05 → 13:20 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Dubai | 17:05 → 15:20 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Delhi | 18:35 → 16:50 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Kolkata | 18:35 → 16:50 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Singapore | 20:35 → 18:50 | 11:55 | 0 min | 11:54 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Sydney | 23:05 → 21:20 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Suva | 01:05 → 23:20 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 28 Oct |