Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1912

Monday 2 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 71 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 Monday 2 September

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:43 on Mon 2 Sep to 10:39 on Tue 3 Sep.

    1912-09-02T02:43:04Z → 1912-09-03T02:38:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 2nd, 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 4231 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1912: Monday 2 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1912 falls on Monday 2 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:43 on Mon 2 Sep to 10:39 on Tue 3 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1912/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 2 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 2 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 2 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:43 → 18:3911:2848 min11:280 min2 Sep
Chicago20:43 → 20:3911:2648 min11:250 min2 Sep
Jersey City21:43 → 21:3911:3248 min11:310 min2 Sep
Port of Spain22:43 → 22:3911:4248 min11:410 min2 Sep
London02:43 → 02:3911:3648 min11:350 min2 Sep
Durban04:43 → 04:3911:3248 min11:310 min2 Sep
Dubai06:24 → 06:2011:3548 min11:350 min2 Sep
Delhi08:13 → 08:0911:5748 min11:560 min2 Sep
Kolkata08:13 → 08:0911:1248 min11:120 min2 Sep
Singapore09:43 → 09:3911:4048 min11:400 min2 Sep
Sydney12:43 → 12:3911:310 min11:3148 min3 Sep
Suva14:38 → 14:3411:370 min11:3748 min3 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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