Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1983

Monday 29 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 248 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 Monday 29 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

Midday of Tuesday 30 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 07:19 on Mon 29 Aug to 07:47 on Tue 30 Aug.

    1983-08-28T23:19:00Z → 1983-08-29T23:46:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 29th, 11:55–12:43 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 14864 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1983: Monday 29 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1983 falls on Monday 29 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:19 on Mon 29 Aug to 07:47 on Tue 30 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1983/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 29 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 29 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:19 → 16:4712:300 min12:3048 min29 Aug
Chicago18:19 → 18:4712:270 min12:2748 min29 Aug
Jersey City19:19 → 19:4712:330 min12:3348 min29 Aug
Port of Spain19:19 → 19:4711:430 min11:4348 min29 Aug
London00:19 → 00:4712:370 min12:3748 min29 Aug
Durban01:19 → 01:4711:330 min11:3348 min29 Aug
Dubai03:19 → 03:4711:560 min11:5648 min29 Aug
Delhi04:49 → 05:1711:580 min11:5848 min29 Aug
Kolkata04:49 → 05:1711:140 min11:1348 min29 Aug
Singapore07:19 → 07:4712:420 min12:4248 min29 Aug
Sydney09:19 → 09:4711:330 min11:3348 min29 Aug
Suva11:19 → 11:4711:440 min11:4448 min30 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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