Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1995

Wednesday 16 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 404 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 Tuesday 15 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 16 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 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 19:30 on Tue 15 Aug to 20:26 on Wed 16 Aug.

    1995-08-15T11:30:02Z → 1995-08-16T12:25:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 15th, 11:58–12:46 on the 16th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 24216 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1995: Wednesday 16 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1995 falls on Wednesday 16 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 19:30 on Tue 15 Aug to 20:26 on Wed 16 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1995/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 16 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 16 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:30 → 05:2612:3348 min12:330 min15 Aug
Chicago06:30 → 07:2612:3148 min12:310 min15 Aug
Jersey City07:30 → 08:2612:3648 min12:360 min15 Aug
Port of Spain07:30 → 08:2611:4748 min11:460 min15 Aug
London12:30 → 13:2612:4048 min12:4045 min16 Aug
Durban13:30 → 14:2611:370 min11:3648 min16 Aug
Dubai15:30 → 16:2611:590 min11:5948 min16 Aug
Delhi17:00 → 17:5612:010 min12:0148 min16 Aug
Kolkata17:00 → 17:5611:170 min11:1748 min16 Aug
Singapore19:30 → 20:2612:450 min12:4548 min16 Aug
Sydney21:30 → 22:2611:360 min11:3648 min16 Aug
Suva23:30 → 00:2611:470 min11:4748 min16 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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