Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1926

Saturday 28 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 491 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 Saturday 28 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 Sunday 29 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 03:45 on Sat 28 Aug to 01:55 on Sun 29 Aug.

    1926-08-27T19:44:38Z → 1926-08-28T17:55:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 28th, 11:55–12:43 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 29437 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1926: Saturday 28 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1926 falls on Saturday 28 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 03:45 on Sat 28 Aug to 01:55 on Sun 29 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1926/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 28 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 28 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:45 → 09:5511:3034 min11:300 min27 Aug
Chicago14:45 → 12:5512:280 min12:2728 min28 Aug
Jersey City15:45 → 13:5512:340 min12:3348 min28 Aug
Port of Spain15:45 → 13:5511:440 min11:4348 min28 Aug
London20:45 → 18:5512:380 min12:3748 min28 Aug
Durban21:45 → 19:5511:340 min11:3348 min28 Aug
Dubai23:45 → 21:5511:560 min11:5648 min28 Aug
Delhi01:15 → 23:2511:590 min11:5848 min28 Aug
Kolkata01:15 → 23:2511:140 min11:1448 min28 Aug
Singapore02:45 → 00:5511:420 min11:4248 min28 Aug
Sydney05:45 → 03:5511:330 min11:3348 min28 Aug
Suva07:45 → 05:5511:440 min11:4448 min28 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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