Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1944

Wednesday 9 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 475 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 Wednesday 9 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 10 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

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 05:05 on Wed 9 Aug to 02:35 on Thu 10 Aug.

    1944-08-08T20:04:37Z → 1944-08-09T17:34:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:59–13:47 on the 9th, 12:59–13:47 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 28479 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1944: Wednesday 9 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1944 falls on Wednesday 9 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 05:05 on Wed 9 Aug to 02:35 on Thu 10 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:05 → 10:3512:3418 min12:340 min8 Aug
Chicago15:05 → 12:3512:320 min12:323 min9 Aug
Jersey City16:05 → 13:3512:370 min12:3748 min9 Aug
Port of Spain17:05 → 14:3512:480 min12:4748 min9 Aug
London22:05 → 19:3513:410 min13:4148 min9 Aug
Durban22:05 → 19:3511:380 min11:3748 min9 Aug
Dubai00:05 → 21:3512:000 min12:0048 min9 Aug
Delhi02:35 → 00:0513:020 min13:0248 min9 Aug
Kolkata02:35 → 00:0512:180 min12:1848 min9 Aug
Singapore05:05 → 02:3513:460 min13:4648 min9 Aug
Sydney06:05 → 03:3511:370 min11:3748 min9 Aug
Suva08:05 → 05:3511:480 min11:4848 min9 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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