Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1909

Sunday 5 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 312 minutes.

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 Saturday 4 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 Sunday 5 September

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

48 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 20:06 on Sat 4 Sep to 17:52 on Sun 5 Sep.

    1909-09-04T12:05:49Z → 1909-09-05T09:52:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 4th, 11:53–12:41 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 18706 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1909: Sunday 5 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1909 falls on Sunday 5 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:06 on Sat 4 Sep to 17:52 on Sun 5 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1909/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 5 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 5 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:06 → 01:5211:2848 min11:270 min4 Sep
Chicago06:06 → 03:5211:2548 min11:250 min4 Sep
Jersey City07:06 → 04:5211:3148 min11:310 min4 Sep
Port of Spain08:06 → 05:5211:4148 min11:410 min4 Sep
London12:06 → 09:5211:3517 min11:350 min4 Sep
Durban14:06 → 11:5211:310 min11:3122 min5 Sep
Dubai15:47 → 13:3311:350 min11:3448 min5 Sep
Delhi17:36 → 15:2211:560 min11:5648 min5 Sep
Kolkata17:36 → 15:2211:120 min11:1148 min5 Sep
Singapore19:06 → 16:5211:400 min11:3948 min5 Sep
Sydney22:06 → 19:5211:310 min11:3048 min5 Sep
Suva00:01 → 21:4711:370 min11:3648 min5 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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