Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1945

Tuesday 28 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 384 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 28 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:55  13:43 madhyāhna ends
12:0712:3112:5513:1913:4314:0714:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 29 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:55  13:43 madhyāhna ends
12:0712:3112:5513:1913:4314:0714:31

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 06:31 on Tue 28 Aug to 03:56 on Wed 29 Aug.

    1945-08-27T21:31:15Z → 1945-08-28T18:56:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:55–13:43 on the 28th, 12:55–13:43 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 23034 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1945: Tuesday 28 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1945 falls on Tuesday 28 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 06:31 on Tue 28 Aug to 03:56 on Wed 29 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1945/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 28 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 28 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles14:31 → 11:5612:300 min12:300 min28 Aug
Chicago16:31 → 13:5612:280 min12:2748 min28 Aug
Jersey City17:31 → 14:5612:330 min12:3348 min28 Aug
Port of Spain18:31 → 15:5612:430 min12:4348 min28 Aug
London22:31 → 19:5612:370 min12:3748 min28 Aug
Durban23:31 → 20:5611:340 min11:3348 min28 Aug
Dubai01:31 → 22:5611:560 min11:5648 min28 Aug
Delhi04:01 → 01:2612:580 min12:5848 min28 Aug
Kolkata04:01 → 01:2612:140 min12:1448 min28 Aug
Singapore06:31 → 03:5613:420 min13:4248 min28 Aug
Sydney07:31 → 04:5611:330 min11:3348 min28 Aug
Suva09:31 → 06:5611:440 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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