Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1977

Saturday 3 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 294 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Saturday 3 September

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 4 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 04:59 on Sat 3 Sep to 06:59 on Sun 4 Sep.

    1977-09-02T20:58:52Z → 1977-09-03T22:59:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 17626 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1977: Saturday 3 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1977 falls on Saturday 3 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:59 on Sat 3 Sep to 06:59 on Sun 4 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1977/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 Sep
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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:59 → 15:5912:280 min12:2848 min3 Sep
Chicago15:59 → 17:5912:260 min12:2548 min3 Sep
Jersey City16:59 → 18:5912:320 min12:3148 min3 Sep
Port of Spain16:59 → 18:5911:420 min11:4148 min3 Sep
London21:59 → 23:5912:360 min12:3548 min3 Sep
Durban22:59 → 00:5911:320 min11:3148 min3 Sep
Dubai00:59 → 02:5911:540 min11:5448 min3 Sep
Delhi02:29 → 04:2911:570 min11:5648 min3 Sep
Kolkata02:29 → 04:2911:120 min11:1248 min3 Sep
Singapore04:29 → 06:2912:100 min12:1048 min3 Sep
Sydney06:59 → 08:5911:310 min11:3148 min3 Sep
Suva08:59 → 10:5911:420 min11:4248 min3 Sep
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

About Ahargaṇa