Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1910

Friday 26 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 63 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Thursday 25 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 26 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 16:06 on Thu 25 Aug to 13:47 on Fri 26 Aug.

    1910-08-25T08:06:23Z → 1910-08-26T05:46:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 25th, 11:56–12:44 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 3788 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1910: Friday 26 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1910 falls on Friday 26 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:06 on Thu 25 Aug to 13:47 on Fri 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1910/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:06 → 21:4711:3148 min11:310 min25 Aug
Chicago02:06 → 23:4711:2848 min11:280 min25 Aug
Jersey City03:06 → 00:4711:3448 min11:340 min25 Aug
Port of Spain04:06 → 01:4711:4448 min11:440 min25 Aug
London08:06 → 05:4711:3848 min11:380 min25 Aug
Durban10:06 → 07:4711:3448 min11:340 min25 Aug
Dubai11:47 → 09:2811:3838 min11:380 min25 Aug
Delhi13:36 → 11:1711:590 min11:590 min26 Aug
Kolkata13:36 → 11:1711:150 min11:143 min26 Aug
Singapore15:06 → 12:4711:430 min11:4348 min26 Aug
Sydney18:06 → 15:4711:340 min11:3348 min26 Aug
Suva20:01 → 17:4211:400 min11:3948 min26 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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