Midday of Sunday 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) · 1978
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 186 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 5 November
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 6 November
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 17:51 on Sun 5 Nov to 15:32 on Mon 6 Nov.
1978-11-05T09:50:55Z → 1978-11-06T07:32:02Z
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 48 of 48 on the 6th.
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 11187 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1978: Monday 6 November.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1978 falls on Monday 6 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 17:51 on Sun 5 Nov to 15:32 on Mon 6 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 6 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 6 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 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 | 01:51 → 23:32 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Chicago | 03:51 → 01:32 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Jersey City | 04:51 → 02:32 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 05:51 → 03:32 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| London | 09:51 → 07:32 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Durban | 11:51 → 09:32 | 11:16 | 13 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Dubai | 13:51 → 11:32 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Delhi | 15:21 → 13:02 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Kolkata | 15:21 → 13:02 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Singapore | 17:21 → 15:02 | 11:54 | 0 min | 11:54 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Sydney | 20:51 → 18:32 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Suva | 21:51 → 19:32 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 6 Nov |