Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1996

Tuesday 3 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 80 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 2 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 3 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

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:15 on Mon 2 Sep to 14:01 on Tue 3 Sep.

    1996-09-02T06:15:16Z → 1996-09-03T06:01:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 2nd, 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 4805 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1996: Tuesday 3 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1996 falls on Tuesday 3 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:15 on Mon 2 Sep to 14:01 on Tue 3 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 3 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 3 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:15 → 23:0112:2848 min12:280 min2 Sep
Chicago01:15 → 01:0112:2648 min12:250 min2 Sep
Jersey City02:15 → 02:0112:3148 min12:310 min2 Sep
Port of Spain02:15 → 02:0111:4148 min11:410 min2 Sep
London07:15 → 07:0112:3648 min12:350 min2 Sep
Durban08:15 → 08:0111:3248 min11:310 min2 Sep
Dubai10:15 → 10:0111:5448 min11:540 min2 Sep
Delhi11:45 → 11:3111:5648 min11:560 min2 Sep
Kolkata11:45 → 11:3111:1215 min11:1220 min3 Sep
Singapore14:15 → 14:0112:400 min12:4048 min3 Sep
Sydney16:15 → 16:0111:310 min11:3148 min3 Sep
Suva18:15 → 18:0111:420 min11:4248 min3 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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