Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1915

Monday 30 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 261 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Monday 30 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 31 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 05:46 on Mon 30 Aug to 07:33 on Tue 31 Aug.

    1915-08-29T21:45:47Z → 1915-08-30T23:33:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 30th, 11:54–12:42 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 15659 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1915: Monday 30 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1915 falls on Monday 30 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 05:46 on Mon 30 Aug to 07:33 on Tue 31 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1915/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 30 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 30 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:46 → 15:3311:300 min11:2948 min30 Aug
Chicago15:46 → 17:3311:270 min11:2748 min30 Aug
Jersey City16:46 → 18:3311:330 min11:3348 min30 Aug
Port of Spain17:46 → 19:3311:430 min11:4348 min30 Aug
London21:46 → 23:3311:370 min11:3748 min30 Aug
Durban23:46 → 01:3311:330 min11:3348 min30 Aug
Dubai01:27 → 03:1411:370 min11:3648 min30 Aug
Delhi03:16 → 05:0311:580 min11:5848 min30 Aug
Kolkata03:16 → 05:0311:140 min11:1348 min30 Aug
Singapore04:46 → 06:3311:420 min11:4248 min30 Aug
Sydney07:46 → 09:3311:330 min11:3248 min30 Aug
Suva09:41 → 11:2811:390 min11:3848 min30 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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