Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1968

Wednesday 14 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 270 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 Tuesday 13 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 Wednesday 14 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 17:17 on Tue 13 Aug to 18:55 on Wed 14 Aug.

    1968-08-13T09:17:06Z → 1968-08-14T10:55:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 13th, 11:58–12:46 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 16228 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1968: Wednesday 14 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1968 falls on Wednesday 14 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 17:17 on Tue 13 Aug to 18:55 on Wed 14 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1968/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:17 → 03:5512:3348 min12:330 min13 Aug
Chicago04:17 → 05:5512:3148 min12:310 min13 Aug
Jersey City05:17 → 06:5512:3748 min12:360 min13 Aug
Port of Spain05:17 → 06:5511:4748 min11:470 min13 Aug
London10:17 → 11:5512:4148 min12:410 min13 Aug
Durban11:17 → 12:5511:3748 min11:3748 min14 Aug
Dubai13:17 → 14:5511:590 min11:5948 min14 Aug
Delhi14:47 → 16:2512:020 min12:0148 min14 Aug
Kolkata14:47 → 16:2511:170 min11:1748 min14 Aug
Singapore16:47 → 18:2512:150 min12:1548 min14 Aug
Sydney19:17 → 20:5511:360 min11:3648 min14 Aug
Suva21:17 → 22:5511:470 min11:4748 min14 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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