Midday of Saturday 4 November
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:38 12:26 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 12:23:45
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14
2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 2073
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 52 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 4 November
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2
Midday of Sunday 5 November
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:24 on Sat 4 Nov to 11:29 on Sun 5 Nov.
2073-11-04T04:23:46Z → 2073-11-05T03:28:31Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 4th, 11:38–12:26 on the 5th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 2 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.
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 112 s < 300 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2073: Saturday 4 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 2073 falls on Saturday 4 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:24 on Sat 4 Nov to 11:29 on Sun 5 Nov and covers 2 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 1 min 52 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 4 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 4 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 4 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 4th | Covered | Madhyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:24 → 20:29 | 12:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Chicago | 23:24 → 22:29 | 12:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Jersey City | 00:24 → 23:29 | 12:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 00:24 → 23:29 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| London | 04:24 → 03:29 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Durban | 06:24 → 05:29 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Dubai | 08:24 → 07:29 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Delhi | 09:54 → 08:59 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Kolkata | 09:54 → 08:59 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Singapore | 12:24 → 11:29 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Sydney | 15:24 → 14:29 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Suva | 16:24 → 15:29 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 5 Nov |