Midday of Sunday 13 August
Qualifies with 47 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:59 12:47 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:59:40
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1922
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 58 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 13 August
Qualifies with 47 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Midday of Monday 14 August
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:00 on Sun 13 Aug to 14:17 on Mon 14 Aug.
1922-08-13T03:59:41Z → 1922-08-14T06:17:07Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 13th, 11:59–12:47 on the 14th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 47 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 58 s < 300 s
Ruling
Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1922: Monday 14 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1922 falls on Monday 14 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:00 on Sun 13 Aug to 14:17 on Mon 14 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 47 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 0 min 58 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 14 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 14 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 14 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/hala-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 6 Hala sasthi (paraviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Madhyāhna 13th | Covered | Madhyāhna 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:00 → 22:17 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 13 Aug |
| Chicago | 23:00 → 01:17 | 12:31 | 48 min | 12:31 | 0 min | 13 Aug |
| Jersey City | 00:00 → 02:17 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:37 | 0 min | 13 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 00:00 → 02:17 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:47 | 0 min | 13 Aug |
| London | 05:00 → 07:17 | 12:41 | 48 min | 12:41 | 0 min | 13 Aug |
| Durban | 06:00 → 08:17 | 11:37 | 48 min | 11:37 | 0 min | 13 Aug |
| Dubai | 08:00 → 10:17 | 11:59 | 48 min | 11:59 | 0 min | 13 Aug |
| Delhi | 09:30 → 11:47 | 12:02 | 48 min | 12:02 | 0 min | 13 Aug |
| Kolkata | 09:30 → 11:47 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 30 min | 14 Aug |
| Singapore | 11:00 → 13:17 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 14 Aug |
| Sydney | 14:00 → 16:17 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:36 | 48 min | 14 Aug |
| Suva | 16:00 → 18:17 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 14 Aug |