Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1946

Sunday 18 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 600 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 Sunday 18 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:58  13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 19 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:58  13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34

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 02:57 on Sun 18 Aug to 01:13 on Mon 19 Aug.

    1946-08-17T17:57:18Z → 1946-08-18T16:12:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:58–13:46 on the 18th, 12:58–13:46 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 36028 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1946: Sunday 18 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1946 falls on Sunday 18 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 02:57 on Sun 18 Aug to 01:13 on Mon 19 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1946/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 18 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 18 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:57 → 08:1311:3348 min11:320 min17 Aug
Chicago12:57 → 11:1312:3021 min12:300 min17 Aug
Jersey City13:57 → 12:1312:360 min12:360 min18 Aug
Port of Spain13:57 → 12:1311:460 min11:4627 min18 Aug
London18:57 → 17:1312:400 min12:4048 min18 Aug
Durban19:57 → 18:1311:360 min11:3648 min18 Aug
Dubai21:57 → 20:1311:590 min11:5848 min18 Aug
Delhi23:27 → 21:4312:010 min12:0148 min18 Aug
Kolkata23:27 → 21:4311:170 min11:1648 min18 Aug
Singapore01:27 → 23:4312:150 min12:1548 min18 Aug
Sydney03:57 → 02:1311:360 min11:3548 min18 Aug
Suva05:57 → 04:1311:470 min11:4648 min18 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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