Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1949

Monday 15 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 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 14 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 13:07:20
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 15 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 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 13:07 on Sun 14 Aug to 15:41 on Mon 15 Aug.

    1949-08-14T05:07:21Z → 1949-08-15T07:41:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 14th, 11:58–12:46 on the 15th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 1251 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1949: Monday 15 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1949 falls on Monday 15 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:07 on Sun 14 Aug to 15:41 on Mon 15 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 15 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 15 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:07 → 23:4111:3348 min11:330 min14 Aug
Chicago00:07 → 02:4112:3148 min12:310 min14 Aug
Jersey City01:07 → 03:4112:3748 min12:360 min14 Aug
Port of Spain01:07 → 03:4111:4748 min11:460 min14 Aug
London06:07 → 08:4112:4148 min12:400 min14 Aug
Durban07:07 → 09:4111:3748 min11:360 min14 Aug
Dubai09:07 → 11:4111:5948 min11:590 min14 Aug
Delhi10:37 → 13:1112:0248 min12:0148 min15 Aug
Kolkata10:37 → 13:1111:1748 min11:1748 min15 Aug
Singapore12:37 → 15:1112:1526 min12:1548 min15 Aug
Sydney15:07 → 17:4111:360 min11:3648 min15 Aug
Suva17:07 → 19:4111:470 min11:4748 min15 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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