Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 2076

Monday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 562 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 2 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 Tuesday 3 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 02:16 on Mon 2 Nov to 00:45 on Tue 3 Nov.

    2076-11-01T18:15:50Z → 2076-11-02T16:45:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 2nd, 11:38–12:26 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 33708 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2076: Monday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 2076 falls on Monday 2 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 02:16 on Mon 2 Nov to 00:45 on Tue 3 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2076/surya-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:16 → 08:4511:1248 min11:120 min1 Nov
Chicago12:16 → 10:4511:100 min11:100 min2 Nov
Jersey City13:16 → 11:4511:160 min11:1630 min2 Nov
Port of Spain14:16 → 12:4511:260 min11:2648 min2 Nov
London18:16 → 16:4511:200 min11:2048 min2 Nov
Durban20:16 → 18:4511:160 min11:1648 min2 Nov
Dubai22:16 → 20:4511:380 min11:3848 min2 Nov
Delhi23:46 → 22:1511:410 min11:4148 min2 Nov
Kolkata23:46 → 22:1510:560 min10:5648 min2 Nov
Singapore02:16 → 00:4512:240 min12:2448 min2 Nov
Sydney05:16 → 03:4512:150 min12:1548 min2 Nov
Suva06:16 → 04:4511:260 min11:2648 min2 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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