Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 2054

Thursday 5 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 620 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Thursday 5 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

Midday of Friday 6 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 23:52 on Wed 4 Nov to 01:18 on Fri 6 Nov.

    2054-11-04T15:52:25Z → 2054-11-05T17:17:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 5th, 11:38–12:26 on the 6th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 37203 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2054: Thursday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 2054 falls on Thursday 5 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 23:52 on Wed 4 Nov to 01:18 on Fri 6 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2054/surya-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:52 → 09:1811:1248 min11:120 min4 Nov
Chicago09:52 → 11:1811:1048 min11:108 min4 Nov
Jersey City10:52 → 12:1811:1648 min11:1648 min4 Nov
Port of Spain11:52 → 13:1811:2621 min11:2648 min5 Nov
London15:52 → 17:1811:200 min11:2048 min5 Nov
Durban17:52 → 19:1811:160 min11:1648 min5 Nov
Dubai19:52 → 21:1811:380 min11:3848 min5 Nov
Delhi21:22 → 22:4811:410 min11:4148 min5 Nov
Kolkata21:22 → 22:4810:560 min10:5648 min5 Nov
Singapore23:52 → 01:1812:240 min12:2448 min5 Nov
Sydney02:52 → 04:1812:150 min12:1548 min5 Nov
Suva03:52 → 05:1811:260 min11:2648 min5 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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