Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1969

Monday 1 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 57 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 Monday 1 September

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

Midday of Tuesday 2 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 10:26 on Mon 1 Sep to 10:56 on Tue 2 Sep.

    1969-09-01T02:26:25Z → 1969-09-02T02:56:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 1st, 11:54–12:42 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 3449 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1969: Monday 1 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1969 falls on Monday 1 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:26 on Mon 1 Sep to 10:56 on Tue 2 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1969/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 1 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 1 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 1 Sep
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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:26 → 19:5612:2948 min12:280 min1 Sep
Chicago21:26 → 21:5612:2648 min12:260 min1 Sep
Jersey City22:26 → 22:5612:3248 min12:320 min1 Sep
Port of Spain22:26 → 22:5611:4248 min11:420 min1 Sep
London03:26 → 03:5612:3648 min12:360 min1 Sep
Durban04:26 → 04:5611:3248 min11:320 min1 Sep
Dubai06:26 → 06:5611:5548 min11:540 min1 Sep
Delhi07:56 → 08:2611:5748 min11:570 min1 Sep
Kolkata07:56 → 08:2611:1248 min11:120 min1 Sep
Singapore09:56 → 10:2612:1148 min12:100 min1 Sep
Sydney12:26 → 12:5611:320 min11:3148 min2 Sep
Suva14:26 → 14:5611:430 min11:4248 min2 Sep
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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