Midday of Wednesday 24 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:38 12:26 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 10:57:05
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 1990
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 Wednesday 24 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 25 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:57 on Wed 24 Oct to 13:27 on Thu 25 Oct.
1990-10-24T02:57:05Z → 1990-10-25T05:27:28Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 24th, 11:38–12:26 on the 25th.
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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.
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 2466 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1990: Wednesday 24 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1990 falls on Wednesday 24 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:57 on Wed 24 Oct to 13:27 on Thu 25 Oct 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 | Wed 24 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 24 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 24 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 24th | Covered | Madhyāhna 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:57 → 22:27 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Chicago | 21:57 → 00:27 | 12:11 | 48 min | 12:10 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Jersey City | 22:57 → 01:27 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 22:57 → 01:27 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| London | 03:57 → 06:27 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Durban | 04:57 → 07:27 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Dubai | 06:57 → 09:27 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Delhi | 08:27 → 10:57 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Kolkata | 08:27 → 10:57 | 10:57 | 48 min | 10:57 | 1 min | 24 Oct |
| Singapore | 10:57 → 13:27 | 12:25 | 48 min | 12:25 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Sydney | 12:57 → 15:27 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 25 Oct |
| Suva | 14:57 → 17:27 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 25 Oct |