Midday of Thursday 8 August
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:00 12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1974
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 537 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 8 August
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 9 August
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 21:45 on Thu 8 Aug to 22:36 on Fri 9 Aug.
1974-08-08T13:44:53Z → 1974-08-09T14:36:20Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 8th, 11:59–12:47 on the 9th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 32242 s
Ruling
Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1974: Friday 9 August.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1974 falls on Friday 9 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 21:45 on Thu 8 Aug to 22:36 on Fri 9 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 9 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 9 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 9 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/hala-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 6 Hala sasthi (paraviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Madhyāhna 8th | Covered | Madhyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:45 → 07:36 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:34 | 0 min | 8 Aug |
| Chicago | 08:45 → 09:36 | 12:32 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 8 Aug |
| Jersey City | 09:45 → 10:36 | 12:38 | 48 min | 12:37 | 0 min | 8 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 09:45 → 10:36 | 11:48 | 48 min | 11:47 | 0 min | 8 Aug |
| London | 14:45 → 15:36 | 12:42 | 0 min | 12:41 | 48 min | 9 Aug |
| Durban | 15:45 → 16:36 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 9 Aug |
| Dubai | 17:45 → 18:36 | 12:00 | 0 min | 12:00 | 48 min | 9 Aug |
| Delhi | 19:15 → 20:06 | 12:03 | 0 min | 12:02 | 48 min | 9 Aug |
| Kolkata | 19:15 → 20:06 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 9 Aug |
| Singapore | 21:15 → 22:06 | 12:16 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 9 Aug |
| Sydney | 23:45 → 00:36 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:37 | 48 min | 9 Aug |
| Suva | 01:45 → 02:36 | 11:48 | 0 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 9 Aug |