Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1975

Thursday 28 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 173 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 Wednesday 27 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 28 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 15:37 on Wed 27 Aug to 17:32 on Thu 28 Aug.

    1975-08-27T07:36:43Z → 1975-08-28T09:32:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 27th, 11:55–12:43 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 10389 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1975: Thursday 28 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1975 falls on Thursday 28 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 15:37 on Wed 27 Aug to 17:32 on Thu 28 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1975/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 28 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 28 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:37 → 02:3212:3048 min12:300 min27 Aug
Chicago02:37 → 04:3212:2848 min12:280 min27 Aug
Jersey City03:37 → 05:3212:3448 min12:330 min27 Aug
Port of Spain03:37 → 05:3211:4448 min11:430 min27 Aug
London08:37 → 10:3212:3848 min12:370 min27 Aug
Durban09:37 → 11:3211:3448 min11:330 min27 Aug
Dubai11:37 → 13:3211:5648 min11:5648 min28 Aug
Delhi13:07 → 15:0211:590 min11:5848 min28 Aug
Kolkata13:07 → 15:0211:140 min11:1448 min28 Aug
Singapore15:07 → 17:0212:120 min12:1248 min28 Aug
Sydney17:37 → 19:3211:330 min11:3348 min28 Aug
Suva19:37 → 21:3211:440 min11:4448 min28 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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