Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1961

Thursday 31 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 398 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Wednesday 30 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

Midday of Thursday 31 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 20:29 on Wed 30 Aug to 19:20 on Thu 31 Aug.

    1961-08-30T12:29:25Z → 1961-08-31T11:19:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 30th, 11:54–12:42 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 23856 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1961: Thursday 31 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1961 falls on Thursday 31 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:29 on Wed 30 Aug to 19:20 on Thu 31 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1961/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 31 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 31 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:29 → 04:2012:2948 min12:290 min30 Aug
Chicago07:29 → 06:2012:2748 min12:260 min30 Aug
Jersey City08:29 → 07:2012:3348 min12:320 min30 Aug
Port of Spain08:29 → 07:2011:4348 min11:420 min30 Aug
London13:29 → 12:2012:370 min12:360 min31 Aug
Durban14:29 → 13:2011:330 min11:3248 min31 Aug
Dubai16:29 → 15:2011:550 min11:5548 min31 Aug
Delhi17:59 → 16:5011:580 min11:5748 min31 Aug
Kolkata17:59 → 16:5011:130 min11:1348 min31 Aug
Singapore19:59 → 18:5012:110 min12:1148 min31 Aug
Sydney22:29 → 21:2011:320 min11:3248 min31 Aug
Suva00:29 → 23:2011:430 min11:4348 min31 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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