Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1954

Thursday 19 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 308 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 Thursday 19 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

Midday of Friday 20 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 06:50 on Thu 19 Aug to 04:17 on Fri 20 Aug.

    1954-08-18T22:49:48Z → 1954-08-19T20:16:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 19th, 11:57–12:45 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 18465 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1954: Thursday 19 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1954 falls on Thursday 19 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 06:50 on Thu 19 Aug to 04:17 on Fri 20 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1954/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 19 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 19 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:50 → 13:1712:330 min12:3245 min19 Aug
Chicago17:50 → 15:1712:300 min12:3048 min19 Aug
Jersey City18:50 → 16:1712:360 min12:3648 min19 Aug
Port of Spain18:50 → 16:1711:460 min11:4648 min19 Aug
London23:50 → 21:1712:400 min12:4048 min19 Aug
Durban00:50 → 22:1711:360 min11:3648 min19 Aug
Dubai02:50 → 00:1711:580 min11:5848 min19 Aug
Delhi04:20 → 01:4712:010 min12:0148 min19 Aug
Kolkata04:20 → 01:4711:160 min11:1648 min19 Aug
Singapore06:20 → 03:4712:150 min12:1448 min19 Aug
Sydney08:50 → 06:1711:350 min11:3548 min19 Aug
Suva10:50 → 08:1711:460 min11:4648 min19 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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