Midday of Thursday 30 October
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:38 12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 2003
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 421 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 30 October
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 31 October
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:37 on Thu 30 Oct to 02:29 on Fri 31 Oct.
2003-10-29T20:36:46Z → 2003-10-30T18:28:35Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 30th, 11:38–12:26 on the 31st.
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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.
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 25251 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2003: Thursday 30 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 2003 falls on Thursday 30 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:37 on Thu 30 Oct to 02:29 on Fri 31 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 30 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 30 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 30 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 29th | Covered | Madhyāhna 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:37 → 10:29 | 11:12 | 0 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Chicago | 14:37 → 12:29 | 11:10 | 0 min | 11:10 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| Jersey City | 15:37 → 13:29 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 16:37 → 14:29 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| London | 20:37 → 18:29 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| Durban | 22:37 → 20:29 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| Dubai | 00:37 → 22:29 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| Delhi | 02:07 → 23:59 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| Kolkata | 02:07 → 23:59 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| Singapore | 04:37 → 02:29 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| Sydney | 07:37 → 05:29 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| Suva | 08:37 → 06:29 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 30 Oct |