Midday of Wednesday 25 August
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:56 13:44 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 13:44:45
12:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:0814:32
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1948
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 51 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 25 August
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 26 August
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:45 on Wed 25 Aug to 15:03 on Thu 26 Aug.
1948-08-25T04:44:45Z → 1948-08-26T06:03:24Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:56–13:44 on the 25th, 12:56–13:44 on the 26th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 51 s < 300 s
Ruling
Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1948: Thursday 26 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1948 falls on Thursday 26 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:45 on Wed 25 Aug to 15:03 on Thu 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 0 min 51 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 26 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 26 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 26 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/hala-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 6 Hala sasthi (paraviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Madhyāhna 25th | Covered | Madhyāhna 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:45 → 23:03 | 12:31 | 48 min | 12:30 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Chicago | 23:45 → 01:03 | 12:28 | 48 min | 12:28 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Jersey City | 00:45 → 02:03 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:34 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 00:45 → 02:03 | 11:44 | 48 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| London | 05:45 → 07:03 | 12:38 | 48 min | 12:38 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Durban | 06:45 → 08:03 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:34 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Dubai | 08:45 → 10:03 | 11:57 | 48 min | 11:56 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Delhi | 10:15 → 11:33 | 11:59 | 48 min | 11:59 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Kolkata | 10:15 → 11:33 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 19 min | 26 Aug |
| Singapore | 12:15 → 13:33 | 12:13 | 46 min | 12:12 | 48 min | 26 Aug |
| Sydney | 14:45 → 16:03 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 26 Aug |
| Suva | 16:45 → 18:03 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 26 Aug |