Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2004

Saturday 4 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 230 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 Saturday 4 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

Midday of Sunday 5 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 06:37 on Sat 4 Sep to 08:03 on Sun 5 Sep.

    2004-09-03T22:37:22Z → 2004-09-05T00:02:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 4th, 11:52–12:40 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 13785 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2004: Saturday 4 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2004 falls on Saturday 4 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 06:37 on Sat 4 Sep to 08:03 on Sun 5 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2004/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 4 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 4 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:37 → 17:0312:280 min12:270 min4 Sep
Chicago17:37 → 19:0312:250 min12:250 min4 Sep
Jersey City18:37 → 20:0312:310 min12:300 min4 Sep
Port of Spain18:37 → 20:0311:410 min11:400 min4 Sep
London23:37 → 01:0312:350 min12:350 min4 Sep
Durban00:37 → 02:0311:310 min11:310 min4 Sep
Dubai02:37 → 04:0311:540 min11:530 min4 Sep
Delhi04:07 → 05:3311:560 min11:550 min4 Sep
Kolkata04:07 → 05:3311:120 min11:110 min4 Sep
Singapore06:37 → 08:0312:400 min12:390 min4 Sep
Sydney08:37 → 10:0311:310 min11:300 min4 Sep
Suva10:37 → 12:0311:420 min11:4122 min5 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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