Midday of Sunday 21 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:40 12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 1982
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 Sunday 21 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 22 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:09 on Sun 21 Nov to 12:48 on Mon 22 Nov.
1982-11-21T02:08:44Z → 1982-11-22T04:48:19Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 21st, 11:40–12:28 on the 22nd.
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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.
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 1219 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1982: Sunday 21 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1982 falls on Sunday 21 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:09 on Sun 21 Nov to 12:48 on Mon 22 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 21 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 21 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 21 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 21st | Covered | Madhyāhna 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:09 → 20:48 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Chicago | 20:09 → 22:48 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Jersey City | 21:09 → 23:48 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 22:09 → 00:48 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| London | 02:09 → 04:48 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Durban | 04:09 → 06:48 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Dubai | 06:09 → 08:48 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Delhi | 07:39 → 10:18 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Kolkata | 07:39 → 10:18 | 10:58 | 48 min | 10:58 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Singapore | 10:09 → 12:48 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:27 | 22 min | 21 Nov |
| Sydney | 13:09 → 15:48 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:17 | 48 min | 22 Nov |
| Suva | 14:09 → 16:48 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 22 Nov |