Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1993

Sunday 8 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 226 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 Sunday 8 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 Monday 9 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 05:48 on Sun 8 Aug to 08:13 on Mon 9 Aug.

    1993-08-07T21:47:43Z → 1993-08-09T00:12:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 8th, 11:59–12:47 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 13583 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1993: Sunday 8 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1993 falls on Sunday 8 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 05:48 on Sun 8 Aug to 08:13 on Mon 9 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1993/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 8 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 8 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:48 → 17:1312:340 min12:340 min8 Aug
Chicago16:48 → 19:1312:320 min12:320 min8 Aug
Jersey City17:48 → 20:1312:380 min12:370 min8 Aug
Port of Spain17:48 → 20:1311:480 min11:470 min8 Aug
London22:48 → 01:1312:420 min12:410 min8 Aug
Durban23:48 → 02:1311:380 min11:380 min8 Aug
Dubai01:48 → 04:1312:000 min12:000 min8 Aug
Delhi03:18 → 05:4312:030 min12:020 min8 Aug
Kolkata03:18 → 05:4311:180 min11:180 min8 Aug
Singapore05:48 → 08:1312:460 min12:460 min8 Aug
Sydney07:48 → 10:1311:370 min11:370 min8 Aug
Suva09:48 → 12:1311:480 min11:4825 min9 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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