Midday of Wednesday 20 August
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:57 12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1924
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 582 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 20 August
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 21 August
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:57 on Wed 20 Aug to 02:15 on Thu 21 Aug.
1924-08-19T16:56:47Z → 1924-08-20T18:14:52Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 20th, 11:57–12:45 on the 21st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 34925 s
Ruling
Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1924: Wednesday 20 August.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1924 falls on Wednesday 20 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:57 on Wed 20 Aug to 02:15 on Thu 21 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 20 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 20 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 20 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 19th | Covered | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:57 → 10:15 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:32 | 0 min | 19 Aug |
| Chicago | 11:57 → 13:15 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:29 | 45 min | 20 Aug |
| Jersey City | 12:57 → 14:15 | 12:35 | 27 min | 12:35 | 48 min | 20 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 12:57 → 14:15 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 20 Aug |
| London | 17:57 → 19:15 | 12:39 | 0 min | 12:39 | 48 min | 20 Aug |
| Durban | 18:57 → 20:15 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 20 Aug |
| Dubai | 20:57 → 22:15 | 11:58 | 0 min | 11:58 | 48 min | 20 Aug |
| Delhi | 22:27 → 23:45 | 12:00 | 0 min | 12:00 | 48 min | 20 Aug |
| Kolkata | 22:27 → 23:45 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 20 Aug |
| Singapore | 23:57 → 01:15 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 20 Aug |
| Sydney | 02:57 → 04:15 | 11:35 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 20 Aug |
| Suva | 04:57 → 06:15 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 20 Aug |