Midday of Thursday 6 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) · 1986
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 458 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 6 November
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 7 November
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 22:34 on Thu 6 Nov to 20:03 on Fri 7 Nov.
1986-11-06T14:33:43Z → 1986-11-07T12:03:09Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 6th, 11:38–12:26 on the 7th.
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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.
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 27453 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1986: Friday 7 November.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1986 falls on Friday 7 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 22:34 on Thu 6 Nov to 20:03 on Fri 7 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 7 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 7 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 7 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 6th | Covered | Madhyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:34 → 04:03 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Chicago | 08:34 → 06:03 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Jersey City | 09:34 → 07:03 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 10:34 → 08:03 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| London | 14:34 → 12:03 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 43 min | 7 Nov |
| Durban | 16:34 → 14:03 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 7 Nov |
| Dubai | 18:34 → 16:03 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 7 Nov |
| Delhi | 20:04 → 17:33 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 7 Nov |
| Kolkata | 20:04 → 17:33 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 7 Nov |
| Singapore | 22:34 → 20:03 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 7 Nov |
| Sydney | 01:34 → 23:03 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 7 Nov |
| Suva | 02:34 → 00:03 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 7 Nov |