Midday of Monday 28 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
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) · 2052
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 28 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 29 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:40 on Mon 28 Oct to 12:59 on Tue 29 Oct.
2052-10-28T02:39:40Z → 2052-10-29T04:58:36Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 28th, 11:38–12:26 on the 29th.
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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1977 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2052: Monday 28 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 2052 falls on Monday 28 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:40 on Mon 28 Oct to 12:59 on Tue 29 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 28 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 28 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 28 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 28th | Covered | Madhyāhna 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:40 → 21:59 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:12 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Chicago | 21:40 → 23:59 | 12:10 | 48 min | 12:10 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Jersey City | 22:40 → 00:59 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 22:40 → 00:59 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| London | 02:40 → 04:59 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Durban | 04:40 → 06:59 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Dubai | 06:40 → 08:59 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Delhi | 08:10 → 10:29 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Kolkata | 08:10 → 10:29 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Singapore | 10:40 → 12:59 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 34 min | 28 Oct |
| Sydney | 13:40 → 15:59 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Suva | 14:40 → 16:59 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 29 Oct |