Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1972

Wednesday 30 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 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 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

Midday of Wednesday 30 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 12:13:48
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

19 of 48 minutes covered, the first 19

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:44 on Tue 29 Aug to 12:14 on Wed 30 Aug.

    1972-08-29T06:44:01Z → 1972-08-30T04:13:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 29th, 11:54–12:42 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 19 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 1162 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1972: Wednesday 30 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1972 falls on Wednesday 30 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:44 on Tue 29 Aug to 12:14 on Wed 30 Aug and covers 19 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1972/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 30 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 30 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:44 → 21:1412:2948 min12:290 min29 Aug
Chicago01:44 → 23:1412:2748 min12:270 min29 Aug
Jersey City02:44 → 00:1412:3348 min12:320 min29 Aug
Port of Spain02:44 → 00:1411:4348 min11:420 min29 Aug
London07:44 → 05:1412:3748 min12:360 min29 Aug
Durban08:44 → 06:1411:3348 min11:330 min29 Aug
Dubai10:44 → 08:1411:5548 min11:550 min29 Aug
Delhi12:14 → 09:4411:5832 min11:570 min29 Aug
Kolkata12:14 → 09:4411:130 min11:130 min30 Aug
Singapore14:14 → 11:4412:120 min12:110 min30 Aug
Sydney16:44 → 14:1411:320 min11:3248 min30 Aug
Suva18:44 → 16:1411:430 min11:4348 min30 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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