Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2001

Friday 10 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 554 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 Friday 10 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 Saturday 11 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 01:17 on Fri 10 Aug to 02:45 on Sat 11 Aug.

    2001-08-09T17:16:40Z → 2001-08-10T18:45:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 10th, 11:59–12:47 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 33224 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2001: Friday 10 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2001 falls on Friday 10 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:17 on Fri 10 Aug to 02:45 on Sat 11 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2001/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 10 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 10 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:17 → 11:4512:3448 min12:340 min9 Aug
Chicago12:17 → 13:4512:3248 min12:3248 min10 Aug
Jersey City13:17 → 14:4512:379 min12:3748 min10 Aug
Port of Spain13:17 → 14:4511:470 min11:4748 min10 Aug
London18:17 → 19:4512:410 min12:4148 min10 Aug
Durban19:17 → 20:4511:380 min11:3748 min10 Aug
Dubai21:17 → 22:4512:000 min12:0048 min10 Aug
Delhi22:47 → 00:1512:020 min12:0248 min10 Aug
Kolkata22:47 → 00:1511:180 min11:1848 min10 Aug
Singapore01:17 → 02:4512:460 min12:4648 min10 Aug
Sydney03:17 → 04:4511:370 min11:3748 min10 Aug
Suva05:17 → 06:4511:480 min11:4848 min10 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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