Midday of Thursday 22 October
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:20 12:08 madhyāhna ends
10:3210:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:56
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 1925
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 13 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 22 October
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 23 October
Taken. Ṣaṣṭhī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:11 on Thu 22 Oct to 11:18 on Fri 23 Oct.
1925-10-22T11:27:29Z → 1925-10-23T09:34:29Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:20–12:08 on the 22nd, 11:20–12:08 on the 23rd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: unstated → second-day · margin 73 s < 300 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Bucharest, 1925: Friday 23 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Bucharest, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1925 falls on Friday 23 October. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:11 on Thu 22 Oct to 11:18 on Fri 23 Oct, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day. It is 1 min 13 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 23 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 23 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 23 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
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 22nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:27 → 01:34 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Chicago | 05:27 → 03:34 | 11:11 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Jersey City | 06:27 → 04:34 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 07:27 → 05:34 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| London | 11:27 → 09:34 | 11:21 | 41 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Durban | 13:27 → 11:34 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 18 min | 23 Oct |
| Dubai | 15:27 → 13:34 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Delhi | 16:57 → 15:04 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Kolkata | 16:57 → 15:04 | 10:57 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Singapore | 18:27 → 16:34 | 11:25 | 0 min | 11:25 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Sydney | 21:27 → 19:34 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Suva | 23:27 → 21:34 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 23 Oct |