Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1938

Wednesday 17 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 314 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Tuesday 16 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 17 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

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 18:22 on Tue 16 Aug to 18:00 on Wed 17 Aug.

    1938-08-16T10:22:21Z → 1938-08-17T10:00:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 16th, 11:58–12:46 on the 17th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 18866 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1938: Wednesday 17 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1938 falls on Wednesday 17 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 18:22 on Tue 16 Aug to 18:00 on Wed 17 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1938/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 17 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 17 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:22 → 02:0011:3348 min11:330 min16 Aug
Chicago05:22 → 05:0012:3048 min12:300 min16 Aug
Jersey City06:22 → 06:0012:3648 min12:360 min16 Aug
Port of Spain06:22 → 06:0011:4648 min11:460 min16 Aug
London11:22 → 11:0012:4048 min12:400 min16 Aug
Durban12:22 → 12:0011:362 min11:3624 min17 Aug
Dubai14:22 → 14:0011:590 min11:5948 min17 Aug
Delhi15:52 → 15:3012:010 min12:0148 min17 Aug
Kolkata15:52 → 15:3011:170 min11:1748 min17 Aug
Singapore17:42 → 17:2012:050 min12:0548 min17 Aug
Sydney20:22 → 20:0011:360 min11:3648 min17 Aug
Suva22:22 → 22:0011:470 min11:4748 min17 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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