Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1951

Wednesday 22 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 467 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 Wednesday 22 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 23 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 03:33 on Wed 22 Aug to 04:10 on Thu 23 Aug.

    1951-08-21T19:33:03Z → 1951-08-22T20:10:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd, 11:57–12:45 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 27993 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1951: Wednesday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1951 falls on Wednesday 22 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 03:33 on Wed 22 Aug to 04:10 on Thu 23 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1951/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:33 → 13:1012:3247 min12:3238 min22 Aug
Chicago14:33 → 15:1012:290 min12:2948 min22 Aug
Jersey City15:33 → 16:1012:350 min12:3548 min22 Aug
Port of Spain15:33 → 16:1011:450 min11:4548 min22 Aug
London20:33 → 21:1012:390 min12:3948 min22 Aug
Durban21:33 → 22:1011:350 min11:3548 min22 Aug
Dubai23:33 → 00:1011:580 min11:5848 min22 Aug
Delhi01:03 → 01:4012:000 min12:0048 min22 Aug
Kolkata01:03 → 01:4011:160 min11:1548 min22 Aug
Singapore03:03 → 03:4012:140 min12:1448 min22 Aug
Sydney05:33 → 06:1011:350 min11:3448 min22 Aug
Suva07:33 → 08:1011:460 min11:4648 min22 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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