Midday of Monday 30 October
Qualifies with 25 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:38 12:26 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 12:01:11
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14
25 of 48 minutes covered, the last 25
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 2079
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 30 October
Qualifies with 25 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
25 of 48 minutes covered, the last 25
Midday of Tuesday 31 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:01 on Mon 30 Oct to 14:32 on Tue 31 Oct.
2079-10-30T04:01:12Z → 2079-10-31T06:31:59Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 30th, 11:38–12:26 on the 31st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 25 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.
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 1408 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2079: Tuesday 31 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 2079 falls on Tuesday 31 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:01 on Mon 30 Oct to 14:32 on Tue 31 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 25 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 | Tue 31 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 31 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 31 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 30th | Covered | Madhyāhna 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:01 → 23:32 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Chicago | 23:01 → 01:32 | 12:10 | 48 min | 12:10 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Jersey City | 00:01 → 02:32 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 00:01 → 02:32 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| London | 04:01 → 06:32 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Durban | 06:01 → 08:32 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Dubai | 08:01 → 10:32 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:31 → 12:02 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 21 min | 30 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:31 → 12:02 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| Singapore | 12:01 → 14:32 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| Sydney | 15:01 → 17:32 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 31 Oct |
| Suva | 16:01 → 18:32 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 31 Oct |