Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1955

Tuesday 9 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 571 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 Tuesday 9 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 10 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 02:29 on Tue 9 Aug to 01:08 on Wed 10 Aug.

    1955-08-08T18:28:53Z → 1955-08-09T17:08:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 9th, 11:59–12:47 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 34231 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1955: Tuesday 9 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1955 falls on Tuesday 9 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 02:29 on Tue 9 Aug to 01:08 on Wed 10 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1955/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 9 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 9 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:29 → 10:0812:3448 min12:340 min8 Aug
Chicago13:29 → 12:0812:320 min12:320 min9 Aug
Jersey City14:29 → 13:0812:380 min12:3731 min9 Aug
Port of Spain14:29 → 13:0811:480 min11:4748 min9 Aug
London19:29 → 18:0812:420 min12:4148 min9 Aug
Durban20:29 → 19:0811:380 min11:3848 min9 Aug
Dubai22:29 → 21:0812:000 min12:0048 min9 Aug
Delhi23:59 → 22:3812:030 min12:0248 min9 Aug
Kolkata23:59 → 22:3811:180 min11:1848 min9 Aug
Singapore01:59 → 00:3812:160 min12:1648 min9 Aug
Sydney04:29 → 03:0811:370 min11:3748 min9 Aug
Suva06:29 → 05:0811:480 min11:4848 min9 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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