Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1962

Monday 20 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 10 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 Monday 20 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:46:49
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 21 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:47 on Mon 20 Aug to 09:15 on Tue 21 Aug.

    1962-08-20T03:46:50Z → 1962-08-21T01:14:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 20th, 11:57–12:45 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 629 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1962: Monday 20 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1962 falls on Monday 20 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:47 on Mon 20 Aug to 09:15 on Tue 21 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1962/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 20 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 20 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 20 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:47 → 18:1512:3248 min12:320 min20 Aug
Chicago22:47 → 20:1512:3048 min12:290 min20 Aug
Jersey City23:47 → 21:1512:3548 min12:350 min20 Aug
Port of Spain23:47 → 21:1511:4548 min11:450 min20 Aug
London04:47 → 02:1512:3948 min12:390 min20 Aug
Durban05:47 → 03:1511:3548 min11:350 min20 Aug
Dubai07:47 → 05:1511:5848 min11:580 min20 Aug
Delhi09:17 → 06:4512:0048 min12:000 min20 Aug
Kolkata09:17 → 06:4511:1648 min11:160 min20 Aug
Singapore11:17 → 08:4512:1448 min12:140 min20 Aug
Sydney13:47 → 11:1511:350 min11:350 min21 Aug
Suva15:47 → 13:1511:460 min11:4648 min21 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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