Midday of Wednesday 17 November
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:39 12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 2004
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 262 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 17 November
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 18 November
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:17 on Wed 17 Nov to 04:46 on Thu 18 Nov.
2004-11-16T23:16:41Z → 2004-11-17T20:45:55Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 17th, 11:39–12:27 on the 18th.
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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.
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 15737 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2004: Wednesday 17 November.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 2004 falls on Wednesday 17 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:17 on Wed 17 Nov to 04:46 on Thu 18 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 17 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 17 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 17 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 16th | Covered | Madhyāhna 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:17 → 12:46 | 11:14 | 0 min | 11:14 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Chicago | 17:17 → 14:46 | 11:11 | 0 min | 11:12 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Jersey City | 18:17 → 15:46 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 19:17 → 16:46 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| London | 23:17 → 20:46 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Durban | 01:17 → 22:46 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Dubai | 03:17 → 00:46 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Delhi | 04:47 → 02:16 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Kolkata | 04:47 → 02:16 | 10:57 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Singapore | 07:17 → 04:46 | 12:25 | 0 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Sydney | 10:17 → 07:46 | 12:16 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Suva | 11:17 → 08:46 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 17 Nov |