Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1931

Thursday 3 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 623 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 Thursday 3 September

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 4 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 23:31 on Wed 2 Sep to 01:31 on Fri 4 Sep.

    1931-09-02T15:31:17Z → 1931-09-03T17:30:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 37356 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1931: Thursday 3 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1931 falls on Thursday 3 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 23:31 on Wed 2 Sep to 01:31 on Fri 4 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1931/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 3 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 3 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 3 Sep
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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:31 → 09:3111:2848 min11:280 min2 Sep
Chicago10:31 → 12:3112:2648 min12:265 min3 Sep
Jersey City11:31 → 13:3112:3248 min12:3148 min3 Sep
Port of Spain11:31 → 13:3111:4248 min11:4248 min3 Sep
London16:31 → 18:3112:360 min12:3648 min3 Sep
Durban17:31 → 19:3111:320 min11:3248 min3 Sep
Dubai19:31 → 21:3111:550 min11:5448 min3 Sep
Delhi21:01 → 23:0111:570 min11:5648 min3 Sep
Kolkata21:01 → 23:0111:120 min11:1248 min3 Sep
Singapore22:31 → 00:3111:410 min11:4048 min3 Sep
Sydney01:31 → 03:3111:310 min11:3148 min3 Sep
Suva03:31 → 05:3111:420 min11:4248 min3 Sep
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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