Midday of Wednesday 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) · 1997
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 433 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 5 November
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 6 November
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:24 on Wed 5 Nov to 19:38 on Thu 6 Nov.
1997-11-05T12:24:14Z → 1997-11-06T11:38:17Z
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 25964 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1997: Thursday 6 November.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1997 falls on Thursday 6 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:24 on Wed 5 Nov to 19:38 on Thu 6 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 6 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 6 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 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 | 04:24 → 03:38 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Chicago | 06:24 → 05:38 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Jersey City | 07:24 → 06:38 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 08:24 → 07:38 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| London | 12:24 → 11:38 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 18 min | 6 Nov |
| Durban | 14:24 → 13:38 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Dubai | 16:24 → 15:38 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Delhi | 17:54 → 17:08 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Kolkata | 17:54 → 17:08 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Singapore | 20:24 → 19:38 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Sydney | 23:24 → 22:38 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Suva | 00:24 → 23:38 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 6 Nov |