Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2003

Monday 18 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 123 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 Sunday 17 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 Monday 18 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 14:49 on Sun 17 Aug to 17:01 on Mon 18 Aug.

    2003-08-17T06:49:08Z → 2003-08-18T09:01:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 17th, 11:58–12:46 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 7386 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2003: Monday 18 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2003 falls on Monday 18 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:49 on Sun 17 Aug to 17:01 on Mon 18 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 18 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 18 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:49 → 02:0112:3348 min12:330 min17 Aug
Chicago01:49 → 04:0112:3048 min12:300 min17 Aug
Jersey City02:49 → 05:0112:3648 min12:360 min17 Aug
Port of Spain02:49 → 05:0111:4648 min11:460 min17 Aug
London07:49 → 10:0112:4048 min12:400 min17 Aug
Durban08:49 → 11:0111:3648 min11:360 min17 Aug
Dubai10:49 → 13:0111:5948 min11:5948 min18 Aug
Delhi12:19 → 14:3112:0130 min12:0148 min18 Aug
Kolkata12:19 → 14:3111:170 min11:1648 min18 Aug
Singapore14:49 → 17:0112:450 min12:4548 min18 Aug
Sydney16:49 → 19:0111:360 min11:3548 min18 Aug
Suva18:49 → 21:0111:470 min11:4648 min18 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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