Midday of Thursday 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
Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1981
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 57 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 20 August
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 21 August
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:01 on Thu 20 Aug to 13:42 on Fri 21 Aug.
1981-08-20T08:00:34Z → 1981-08-21T05:42:19Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 20th, 11:57–12:45 on the 21st.
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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.
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 3441 s
Ruling
Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1981: Friday 21 August.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1981 falls on Friday 21 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:01 on Thu 20 Aug to 13:42 on Fri 21 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 21 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 21 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 21 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 20th | Covered | Madhyāhna 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:01 → 22:42 | 12:32 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 20 Aug |
| Chicago | 03:01 → 00:42 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 20 Aug |
| Jersey City | 04:01 → 01:42 | 12:35 | 48 min | 12:35 | 0 min | 20 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 04:01 → 01:42 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 20 Aug |
| London | 09:01 → 06:42 | 12:39 | 48 min | 12:39 | 0 min | 20 Aug |
| Durban | 10:01 → 07:42 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:35 | 0 min | 20 Aug |
| Dubai | 12:01 → 09:42 | 11:58 | 45 min | 11:58 | 0 min | 20 Aug |
| Delhi | 13:31 → 11:12 | 12:00 | 0 min | 12:00 | 0 min | 21 Aug |
| Kolkata | 13:31 → 11:12 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 21 Aug |
| Singapore | 15:31 → 13:12 | 12:14 | 0 min | 12:14 | 48 min | 21 Aug |
| Sydney | 18:01 → 15:42 | 11:35 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 21 Aug |
| Suva | 20:01 → 17:42 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 21 Aug |