Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1907

Wednesday 28 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 25 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 Wednesday 28 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:09:26
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 29 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 11:30:06
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 11:09 on Wed 28 Aug to 11:30 on Thu 29 Aug.

    1907-08-28T03:09:27Z → 1907-08-29T03:30:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 28th, 11:55–12:43 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 1496 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1907: Wednesday 28 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1907 falls on Wednesday 28 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:09 on Wed 28 Aug to 11:30 on Thu 29 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1907/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 28 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 28 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 29 Aug
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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:09 → 19:3011:3048 min11:300 min28 Aug
Chicago21:09 → 21:3011:2848 min11:270 min28 Aug
Jersey City22:09 → 22:3011:3348 min11:330 min28 Aug
Port of Spain23:09 → 23:3011:4348 min11:430 min28 Aug
London03:09 → 03:3011:3748 min11:370 min28 Aug
Durban05:09 → 05:3011:3448 min11:330 min28 Aug
Dubai06:50 → 07:1111:3748 min11:370 min28 Aug
Delhi08:39 → 09:0011:5848 min11:580 min28 Aug
Kolkata08:39 → 09:0011:1448 min11:140 min28 Aug
Singapore10:09 → 10:3011:4248 min11:420 min28 Aug
Sydney13:09 → 13:3011:330 min11:3348 min29 Aug
Suva15:04 → 15:2511:390 min11:3948 min29 Aug
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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