Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1942

Monday 31 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 182 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 Monday 31 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:54  13:42 madhyāhna ends
12:0612:3012:5413:1813:4214:0614:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 1 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:54  13:42 madhyāhna ends
12:0612:3012:5413:1813:4214:0614:30

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 08:41 on Mon 31 Aug to 09:52 on Tue 1 Sep.

    1942-08-30T23:40:38Z → 1942-09-01T00:52:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:54–13:42 on the 31st, 12:54–13:42 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 10907 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1942: Monday 31 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1942 falls on Monday 31 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 08:41 on Mon 31 Aug to 09:52 on Tue 1 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1942/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 31 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 31 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:41 → 17:5212:290 min12:290 min31 Aug
Chicago18:41 → 19:5212:270 min12:260 min31 Aug
Jersey City19:41 → 20:5212:330 min12:320 min31 Aug
Port of Spain20:41 → 21:5212:430 min12:420 min31 Aug
London00:41 → 01:5212:370 min12:360 min31 Aug
Durban01:41 → 02:5211:330 min11:320 min31 Aug
Dubai03:41 → 04:5211:550 min11:550 min31 Aug
Delhi05:11 → 07:2211:580 min12:570 min31 Aug
Kolkata05:11 → 07:2211:130 min12:130 min31 Aug
Singapore08:41 → 09:5213:410 min13:410 min31 Aug
Sydney09:41 → 10:5211:320 min11:320 min31 Aug
Suva11:41 → 12:5211:430 min11:4348 min1 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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