Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1953

Saturday 29 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 40 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 29 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:15:13
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 30 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 11:15 on Sat 29 Aug to 08:58 on Sun 30 Aug.

    1953-08-29T03:15:14Z → 1953-08-30T00:57:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 29th, 11:55–12:43 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 2378 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1953: Saturday 29 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1953 falls on Saturday 29 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:15 on Sat 29 Aug to 08:58 on Sun 30 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1953/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 29 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 29 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 29 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:15 → 17:5812:3048 min12:290 min29 Aug
Chicago22:15 → 19:5812:2748 min12:270 min29 Aug
Jersey City23:15 → 20:5812:3348 min12:330 min29 Aug
Port of Spain23:15 → 20:5811:4348 min11:430 min29 Aug
London04:15 → 01:5812:3748 min12:370 min29 Aug
Durban05:15 → 02:5811:3348 min11:330 min29 Aug
Dubai07:15 → 04:5811:5648 min11:550 min29 Aug
Delhi08:45 → 06:2811:5848 min11:580 min29 Aug
Kolkata08:45 → 06:2811:1348 min11:130 min29 Aug
Singapore10:45 → 08:2812:1248 min12:110 min29 Aug
Sydney13:15 → 10:5811:320 min11:320 min30 Aug
Suva15:15 → 12:5811:430 min11:4348 min30 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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