Midday of Monday 2 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:35 12:23 madhyāhna ends
10:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:11
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) · 1981
Boundaryin Bucharest, 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 2 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 3 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:41 on Mon 2 Nov to 12:54 on Tue 3 Nov.
1981-11-02T08:40:56Z → 1981-11-03T10:53:55Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:35–12:23 on the 2nd, 11:35–12:23 on the 3rd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.
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 1861 s
Ruling
Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī, Bucharest, 1981: Monday 2 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Bucharest, Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Chhath) 1981 falls on Monday 2 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:41 on Mon 2 Nov to 12:54 on Tue 3 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 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 | Mon 2 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 2 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 2 Nov |
| 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 2nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:41 → 02:54 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Chicago | 02:41 → 04:54 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Jersey City | 03:41 → 05:54 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 04:41 → 06:54 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| London | 08:41 → 10:54 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Durban | 10:41 → 12:54 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 2 Nov |
| Dubai | 12:41 → 14:54 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 3 Nov |
| Delhi | 14:11 → 16:24 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 3 Nov |
| Kolkata | 14:11 → 16:24 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 3 Nov |
| Singapore | 16:11 → 18:24 | 11:54 | 0 min | 11:54 | 48 min | 3 Nov |
| Sydney | 19:41 → 21:54 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 3 Nov |
| Suva | 20:41 → 22:54 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 3 Nov |