Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 2043

Sunday 8 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 226 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 Saturday 7 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

Midday of Sunday 8 November

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:11 on Sat 7 Nov to 18:12 on Sun 8 Nov.

    2043-11-07T08:11:09Z → 2043-11-08T10:11:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 7th, 11:38–12:26 on the 8th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 13534 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2043: Sunday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 2043 falls on Sunday 8 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:11 on Sat 7 Nov to 18:12 on Sun 8 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2043/surya-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:11 → 02:1211:1248 min11:130 min7 Nov
Chicago02:11 → 04:1211:1048 min11:100 min7 Nov
Jersey City03:11 → 05:1211:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Port of Spain04:11 → 06:1211:2648 min11:260 min7 Nov
London08:11 → 10:1211:2048 min11:200 min7 Nov
Durban10:11 → 12:1211:1648 min11:1648 min7 Nov
Dubai12:11 → 14:1211:3815 min11:3848 min8 Nov
Delhi13:41 → 15:4211:410 min11:4148 min8 Nov
Kolkata13:41 → 15:4210:560 min10:5648 min8 Nov
Singapore16:11 → 18:1212:240 min12:2448 min8 Nov
Sydney19:11 → 21:1212:150 min12:1548 min8 Nov
Suva20:11 → 22:1211:260 min11:2648 min8 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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