Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1964

Friday 28 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 131 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 Friday 28 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 Saturday 29 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 09:44 on Fri 28 Aug to 08:05 on Sat 29 Aug.

    1964-08-28T01:43:35Z → 1964-08-29T00:05:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 28th, 11:55–12:43 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 7888 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1964: Friday 28 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1964 falls on Friday 28 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:44 on Fri 28 Aug to 08:05 on Sat 29 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1964/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 28 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 28 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 28 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:44 → 17:0512:3048 min12:290 min28 Aug
Chicago20:44 → 19:0512:2748 min12:270 min28 Aug
Jersey City21:44 → 20:0512:3348 min12:330 min28 Aug
Port of Spain21:44 → 20:0511:4348 min11:430 min28 Aug
London02:44 → 01:0512:3748 min12:370 min28 Aug
Durban03:44 → 02:0511:3348 min11:330 min28 Aug
Dubai05:44 → 04:0511:5648 min11:550 min28 Aug
Delhi07:14 → 05:3511:5848 min11:580 min28 Aug
Kolkata07:14 → 05:3511:1448 min11:130 min28 Aug
Singapore09:14 → 07:3512:1248 min12:120 min28 Aug
Sydney11:44 → 10:0511:3337 min11:320 min28 Aug
Suva13:44 → 12:0511:440 min11:4322 min29 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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