Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1950

Saturday 2 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 337 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 2 September

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 3 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 03:55 on Sat 2 Sep to 06:16 on Sun 3 Sep.

    1950-09-01T19:54:46Z → 1950-09-02T22:16:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 2nd, 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 20226 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1950: Saturday 2 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1950 falls on Saturday 2 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 03:55 on Sat 2 Sep to 06:16 on Sun 3 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1950/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:55 → 15:1612:2922 min12:2848 min2 Sep
Chicago14:55 → 17:1612:260 min12:2648 min2 Sep
Jersey City15:55 → 18:1612:320 min12:3248 min2 Sep
Port of Spain15:55 → 18:1611:420 min11:4248 min2 Sep
London20:55 → 23:1612:360 min12:3648 min2 Sep
Durban21:55 → 00:1611:320 min11:3248 min2 Sep
Dubai23:55 → 02:1611:550 min11:5448 min2 Sep
Delhi01:25 → 03:4611:570 min11:5748 min2 Sep
Kolkata01:25 → 03:4611:130 min11:1248 min2 Sep
Singapore03:25 → 05:4612:110 min12:1048 min2 Sep
Sydney05:55 → 08:1611:320 min11:3148 min2 Sep
Suva07:55 → 10:1611:430 min11:4248 min2 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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