Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 2094

Saturday 13 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 47 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 Saturday 13 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 10:51:51
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 14 November

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 10:52 on Sat 13 Nov to 09:27 on Sun 14 Nov.

    2094-11-13T02:51:51Z → 2094-11-14T01:27:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 13th, 11:39–12:27 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 2798 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2094: Saturday 13 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 2094 falls on Saturday 13 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:52 on Sat 13 Nov to 09:27 on Sun 14 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2094/surya-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 13 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 13 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 13 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:52 → 17:2711:1348 min11:140 min13 Nov
Chicago20:52 → 19:2711:1148 min11:110 min13 Nov
Jersey City21:52 → 20:2711:1748 min11:170 min13 Nov
Port of Spain22:52 → 21:2711:2748 min11:270 min13 Nov
London02:52 → 01:2711:2148 min11:210 min13 Nov
Durban04:52 → 03:2711:1748 min11:170 min13 Nov
Dubai06:52 → 05:2711:3948 min11:390 min13 Nov
Delhi08:22 → 06:5711:4148 min11:420 min13 Nov
Kolkata08:22 → 06:5710:5748 min10:570 min13 Nov
Singapore10:52 → 09:2712:2548 min12:250 min13 Nov
Sydney13:52 → 12:2712:160 min12:1611 min14 Nov
Suva14:52 → 13:2711:270 min11:2748 min14 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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