Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1959

Monday 24 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 578 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 Sunday 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

Midday of Monday 24 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 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 22:23 on Sun 23 Aug to 00:28 on Tue 25 Aug.

    1959-08-23T14:23:02Z → 1959-08-24T16:27:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 23rd, 11:56–12:44 on the 24th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 34704 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1959: Monday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1959 falls on Monday 24 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 22:23 on Sun 23 Aug to 00:28 on Tue 25 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1959/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:23 → 09:2812:3148 min12:310 min23 Aug
Chicago09:23 → 11:2812:2948 min12:290 min23 Aug
Jersey City10:23 → 12:2812:3548 min12:340 min23 Aug
Port of Spain10:23 → 12:2811:4548 min11:4443 min24 Aug
London15:23 → 17:2812:390 min12:3848 min24 Aug
Durban16:23 → 18:2811:350 min11:3548 min24 Aug
Dubai18:23 → 20:2811:570 min11:5748 min24 Aug
Delhi19:53 → 21:5812:000 min11:5948 min24 Aug
Kolkata19:53 → 21:5811:150 min11:1548 min24 Aug
Singapore21:53 → 23:5812:130 min12:1348 min24 Aug
Sydney00:23 → 02:2811:340 min11:3448 min24 Aug
Suva02:23 → 04:2811:450 min11:4548 min24 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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