Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1956

Monday 27 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 609 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 Monday 27 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 28 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 01:46 on Mon 27 Aug to 01:33 on Tue 28 Aug.

    1956-08-26T17:46:18Z → 1956-08-27T17:32:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 27th, 11:55–12:43 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 36543 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1956: Monday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1956 falls on Monday 27 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:46 on Mon 27 Aug to 01:33 on Tue 28 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1956/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:46 → 10:3312:3048 min12:300 min26 Aug
Chicago12:46 → 12:3312:2830 min12:285 min27 Aug
Jersey City13:46 → 13:3312:340 min12:3348 min27 Aug
Port of Spain13:46 → 13:3311:440 min11:4348 min27 Aug
London18:46 → 18:3312:380 min12:3748 min27 Aug
Durban19:46 → 19:3311:340 min11:3448 min27 Aug
Dubai21:46 → 21:3311:560 min11:5648 min27 Aug
Delhi23:16 → 23:0311:590 min11:5848 min27 Aug
Kolkata23:16 → 23:0311:140 min11:1448 min27 Aug
Singapore01:16 → 01:0312:120 min12:1248 min27 Aug
Sydney03:46 → 03:3311:330 min11:3348 min27 Aug
Suva05:46 → 05:3311:440 min11:4448 min27 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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