Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 2032

Monday 8 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 13 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Monday 8 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:50:26
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

35 of 48 minutes covered, the last 35

Midday of Tuesday 9 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

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:50 on Mon 8 Nov to 10:20 on Tue 9 Nov.

    2032-11-08T03:50:26Z → 2032-11-09T02:19:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 8th, 11:38–12:26 on the 9th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 35 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 766 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2032: Monday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 2032 falls on Monday 8 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:50 on Mon 8 Nov to 10:20 on Tue 9 Nov and covers 35 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2032/surya-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 8 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/surya-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 6 Nadi sasthi, Skanda sasthi (Madras), Surya sasthi, Chhat (Bihar).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMadhyāhna 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:50 → 18:2011:1348 min11:130 min8 Nov
Chicago21:50 → 20:2011:1048 min11:100 min8 Nov
Jersey City22:50 → 21:2011:1648 min11:160 min8 Nov
Port of Spain23:50 → 22:2011:2648 min11:260 min8 Nov
London03:50 → 02:2011:2048 min11:200 min8 Nov
Durban05:50 → 04:2011:1648 min11:160 min8 Nov
Dubai07:50 → 06:2011:3848 min11:380 min8 Nov
Delhi09:20 → 07:5011:4148 min11:410 min8 Nov
Kolkata09:20 → 07:5010:5648 min10:560 min8 Nov
Singapore11:50 → 10:2012:2448 min12:240 min8 Nov
Sydney14:50 → 13:2012:150 min12:1548 min9 Nov
Suva15:50 → 14:2011:260 min11:2648 min9 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
surya-shashthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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