Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1982

Tuesday 10 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 130 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 10 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 11 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 09:49 on Tue 10 Aug to 09:06 on Wed 11 Aug.

    1982-08-10T01:49:16Z → 1982-08-11T01:05:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 10th, 11:59–12:47 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 7798 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1982: Tuesday 10 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1982 falls on Tuesday 10 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:49 on Tue 10 Aug to 09:06 on Wed 11 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1982/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 10 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 10 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 10 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:49 → 18:0612:3448 min12:340 min10 Aug
Chicago20:49 → 20:0612:3248 min12:310 min10 Aug
Jersey City21:49 → 21:0612:3748 min12:370 min10 Aug
Port of Spain21:49 → 21:0611:4748 min11:470 min10 Aug
London02:49 → 02:0612:4148 min12:410 min10 Aug
Durban03:49 → 03:0611:3748 min11:370 min10 Aug
Dubai05:49 → 05:0612:0048 min12:000 min10 Aug
Delhi07:19 → 06:3612:0248 min12:020 min10 Aug
Kolkata07:19 → 06:3611:1848 min11:180 min10 Aug
Singapore09:49 → 09:0612:4648 min12:460 min10 Aug
Sydney11:49 → 11:0611:3735 min11:370 min10 Aug
Suva13:49 → 13:0611:480 min11:4848 min11 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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