Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1985

Thursday 5 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 428 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Thursday 5 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 Friday 6 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 02:07 on Thu 5 Sep to 04:44 on Fri 6 Sep.

    1985-09-04T18:07:01Z → 1985-09-05T20:44:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 5th, 11:52–12:40 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 25686 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1985: Thursday 5 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1985 falls on Thursday 5 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 02:07 on Thu 5 Sep to 04:44 on Fri 6 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1985/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 5 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 5 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:07 → 13:4412:2848 min12:2748 min5 Sep
Chicago13:07 → 15:4412:256 min12:2548 min5 Sep
Jersey City14:07 → 16:4412:310 min12:3148 min5 Sep
Port of Spain14:07 → 16:4411:410 min11:4148 min5 Sep
London19:07 → 21:4412:350 min12:3548 min5 Sep
Durban20:07 → 22:4411:310 min11:3148 min5 Sep
Dubai22:07 → 00:4411:540 min11:5348 min5 Sep
Delhi23:37 → 02:1411:560 min11:5648 min5 Sep
Kolkata23:37 → 02:1411:110 min11:1148 min5 Sep
Singapore02:07 → 04:4412:400 min12:3948 min5 Sep
Sydney04:07 → 06:4411:310 min11:3048 min5 Sep
Suva06:07 → 08:4411:420 min11:4148 min5 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

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