Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1960

Friday 12 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 684 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 11 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

Midday of Friday 12 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

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:11 on Fri 12 Aug to 00:12 on Sat 13 Aug.

    1960-08-11T16:11:01Z → 1960-08-12T16:12:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 41042 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1960: Friday 12 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1960 falls on Friday 12 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:11 on Fri 12 Aug to 00:12 on Sat 13 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1960/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 12 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 12 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:11 → 09:1212:3448 min12:340 min11 Aug
Chicago11:11 → 11:1212:3148 min12:310 min11 Aug
Jersey City12:11 → 12:1212:3748 min12:370 min11 Aug
Port of Spain12:11 → 12:1211:4724 min11:4725 min12 Aug
London17:11 → 17:1212:410 min12:4148 min12 Aug
Durban18:11 → 18:1211:370 min11:3748 min12 Aug
Dubai20:11 → 20:1212:000 min12:0048 min12 Aug
Delhi21:41 → 21:4212:020 min12:0248 min12 Aug
Kolkata21:41 → 21:4211:180 min11:1748 min12 Aug
Singapore23:41 → 23:4212:160 min12:1648 min12 Aug
Sydney02:11 → 02:1211:370 min11:3648 min12 Aug
Suva04:11 → 04:1211:480 min11:4748 min12 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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