Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1973

Sunday 19 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 114 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 Sunday 19 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

Midday of Monday 20 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:03 on Sun 19 Aug to 08:50 on Mon 20 Aug.

    1973-08-19T02:03:24Z → 1973-08-20T00:49:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 19th, 11:57–12:45 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 6845 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1973: Sunday 19 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1973 falls on Sunday 19 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:03 on Sun 19 Aug to 08:50 on Mon 20 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1973/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 19 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 19 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 19 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:03 → 17:5012:3248 min12:320 min19 Aug
Chicago21:03 → 19:5012:3048 min12:300 min19 Aug
Jersey City22:03 → 20:5012:3548 min12:350 min19 Aug
Port of Spain22:03 → 20:5011:4648 min11:450 min19 Aug
London03:03 → 01:5012:4048 min12:390 min19 Aug
Durban04:03 → 02:5011:3648 min11:350 min19 Aug
Dubai06:03 → 04:5011:5848 min11:580 min19 Aug
Delhi07:33 → 06:2012:0048 min12:000 min19 Aug
Kolkata07:33 → 06:2011:1648 min11:160 min19 Aug
Singapore09:33 → 08:2012:1448 min12:140 min19 Aug
Sydney12:03 → 10:5011:3520 min11:350 min19 Aug
Suva14:03 → 12:5011:460 min11:4648 min20 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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