Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1916

Friday 18 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 228 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 Friday 18 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 19 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 08:10 on Fri 18 Aug to 07:50 on Sat 19 Aug.

    1916-08-18T00:09:42Z → 1916-08-18T23:50:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 18th, 11:57–12:45 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 13678 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1916: Friday 18 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1916 falls on Friday 18 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 08:10 on Fri 18 Aug to 07:50 on Sat 19 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1916/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 18 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 18 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 18 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:10 → 15:5011:3248 min11:320 min18 Aug
Chicago18:10 → 17:5011:3048 min11:300 min18 Aug
Jersey City19:10 → 18:5011:3648 min11:350 min18 Aug
Port of Spain20:10 → 19:5011:4648 min11:460 min18 Aug
London01:10 → 00:5012:4048 min12:390 min18 Aug
Durban02:10 → 01:5011:3648 min11:360 min18 Aug
Dubai03:51 → 03:3111:3948 min11:390 min18 Aug
Delhi05:40 → 05:2012:0148 min12:000 min18 Aug
Kolkata05:40 → 05:2011:1648 min11:160 min18 Aug
Singapore07:10 → 06:5011:4448 min11:440 min18 Aug
Sydney10:10 → 09:5011:3548 min11:350 min18 Aug
Suva12:10 → 11:5011:4625 min11:464 min19 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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