Midday of Wednesday 23 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
Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1978
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 287 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 23 August
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 24 August
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:10 on Wed 23 Aug to 07:03 on Thu 24 Aug.
1978-08-22T23:09:35Z → 1978-08-23T23:02:58Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 23rd, 11:56–12:44 on the 24th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.
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 17220 s
Ruling
Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1978: Wednesday 23 August.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1978 falls on Wednesday 23 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:10 on Wed 23 Aug to 07:03 on Thu 24 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 23 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 23 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 23 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 22nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:10 → 16:03 | 12:32 | 0 min | 12:31 | 48 min | 23 Aug |
| Chicago | 18:10 → 18:03 | 12:29 | 0 min | 12:29 | 48 min | 23 Aug |
| Jersey City | 19:10 → 19:03 | 12:35 | 0 min | 12:35 | 48 min | 23 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 19:10 → 19:03 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 23 Aug |
| London | 00:10 → 00:03 | 12:39 | 0 min | 12:39 | 48 min | 23 Aug |
| Durban | 01:10 → 01:03 | 11:35 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 23 Aug |
| Dubai | 03:10 → 03:03 | 11:58 | 0 min | 11:57 | 48 min | 23 Aug |
| Delhi | 04:40 → 04:33 | 12:00 | 0 min | 12:00 | 48 min | 23 Aug |
| Kolkata | 04:40 → 04:33 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 23 Aug |
| Singapore | 06:40 → 06:33 | 12:14 | 0 min | 12:13 | 48 min | 23 Aug |
| Sydney | 09:10 → 09:03 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:34 | 48 min | 23 Aug |
| Suva | 11:10 → 11:03 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 23 Aug |