Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1901

Wednesday 4 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 49 s.

Decide it for

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 Tuesday 3 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 4 September

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 12:35:12
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

42 of 48 minutes covered, the first 42

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 15:01 on Tue 3 Sep to 12:35 on Wed 4 Sep.

    1901-09-03T07:00:34Z → 1901-09-04T04:35:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 4th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 42 of 48 on the 4th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 349 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1901: Wednesday 4 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1901 falls on Wednesday 4 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 15:01 on Tue 3 Sep to 12:35 on Wed 4 Sep and covers 42 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1901/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 4 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 4 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 4 Sep
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/hala-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 6 Hala sasthi (paraviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:01 → 20:3511:2848 min11:280 min3 Sep
Chicago01:01 → 22:3511:2648 min11:250 min3 Sep
Jersey City02:01 → 23:3511:3148 min11:310 min3 Sep
Port of Spain03:01 → 00:3511:4148 min11:410 min3 Sep
London07:01 → 04:3511:3548 min11:350 min3 Sep
Durban08:31 → 06:0511:0248 min11:010 min3 Sep
Dubai10:42 → 08:1611:3548 min11:350 min3 Sep
Delhi12:22 → 09:5611:4714 min11:470 min3 Sep
Kolkata12:22 → 09:5611:030 min11:030 min4 Sep
Singapore13:56 → 11:3011:350 min11:350 min4 Sep
Sydney17:01 → 14:3511:310 min11:3148 min4 Sep
Suva18:56 → 16:3011:370 min11:3748 min4 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
hala-shashthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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