Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1947

Saturday 6 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 550 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 Saturday 6 September

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:52  13:40 madhyāhna ends
12:0412:2812:5213:1613:4014:0414:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 7 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:52  13:40 madhyāhna ends
12:0412:2812:5213:1613:4014:0414:28

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 03:42 on Sat 6 Sep to 02:56 on Sun 7 Sep.

    1947-09-05T18:42:16Z → 1947-09-06T17:56:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:52–13:40 on the 6th, 12:52–13:40 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 33013 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1947: Saturday 6 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1947 falls on Saturday 6 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 03:42 on Sat 6 Sep to 02:56 on Sun 7 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1947/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 6 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 6 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 6 Sep
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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:42 → 09:5611:2748 min11:270 min5 Sep
Chicago13:42 → 12:5612:250 min12:2532 min6 Sep
Jersey City14:42 → 13:5612:310 min12:3048 min6 Sep
Port of Spain14:42 → 13:5611:410 min11:4048 min6 Sep
London19:42 → 18:5612:350 min12:3548 min6 Sep
Durban20:42 → 19:5611:310 min11:3148 min6 Sep
Dubai22:42 → 21:5611:540 min11:5348 min6 Sep
Delhi00:12 → 23:2611:560 min11:5548 min6 Sep
Kolkata00:12 → 23:2611:110 min11:1148 min6 Sep
Singapore02:12 → 01:2612:100 min12:0948 min6 Sep
Sydney04:42 → 03:5611:300 min11:3048 min6 Sep
Suva06:42 → 05:5611:410 min11:4148 min6 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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