Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1970

Saturday 22 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 295 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 Friday 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

Midday of Saturday 22 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

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 19:19 on Fri 21 Aug to 17:40 on Sat 22 Aug.

    1970-08-21T11:18:31Z → 1970-08-22T09:39:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 21st, 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 17693 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1970: Saturday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1970 falls on Saturday 22 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 19:19 on Fri 21 Aug to 17:40 on Sat 22 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1970/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:19 → 02:4012:3248 min12:320 min21 Aug
Chicago06:19 → 04:4012:2948 min12:290 min21 Aug
Jersey City07:19 → 05:4012:3548 min12:350 min21 Aug
Port of Spain07:19 → 05:4011:4548 min11:450 min21 Aug
London12:19 → 10:4012:3948 min12:390 min21 Aug
Durban13:19 → 11:4011:350 min11:355 min22 Aug
Dubai15:19 → 13:4011:580 min11:5848 min22 Aug
Delhi16:49 → 15:1012:000 min12:0048 min22 Aug
Kolkata16:49 → 15:1011:160 min11:1548 min22 Aug
Singapore18:49 → 17:1012:140 min12:1448 min22 Aug
Sydney21:19 → 19:4011:350 min11:3448 min22 Aug
Suva23:19 → 21:4011:460 min11:4548 min22 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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