Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 2088

Friday 19 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 449 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Friday 19 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 20 November

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

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 01:45 on Fri 19 Nov to 04:11 on Sat 20 Nov.

    2088-11-18T17:45:10Z → 2088-11-19T20:11:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 19th, 11:40–12:28 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 26918 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2088: Friday 19 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 2088 falls on Friday 19 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:45 on Fri 19 Nov to 04:11 on Sat 20 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2088/surya-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 19 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 19 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:45 → 12:1111:1448 min11:1548 min18 Nov
Chicago11:45 → 14:1111:1215 min11:1248 min19 Nov
Jersey City12:45 → 15:1111:180 min11:1848 min19 Nov
Port of Spain13:45 → 16:1111:280 min11:2848 min19 Nov
London17:45 → 20:1111:220 min11:2248 min19 Nov
Durban19:45 → 22:1111:180 min11:1848 min19 Nov
Dubai21:45 → 00:1111:400 min11:4048 min19 Nov
Delhi23:15 → 01:4111:420 min11:4348 min19 Nov
Kolkata23:15 → 01:4110:580 min10:5848 min19 Nov
Singapore01:45 → 04:1112:260 min12:2648 min19 Nov
Sydney04:45 → 07:1112:170 min12:1748 min19 Nov
Suva05:45 → 08:1111:280 min11:2848 min19 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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