Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2013

Monday 26 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 530 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 26 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 27 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 02:17 on Mon 26 Aug to 03:05 on Tue 27 Aug.

    2013-08-25T18:16:47Z → 2013-08-26T19:04:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 26th, 11:55–12:43 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 31824 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2013: Monday 26 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2013 falls on Monday 26 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 02:17 on Mon 26 Aug to 03:05 on Tue 27 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2013/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 26 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 26 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:17 → 12:0512:3148 min12:300 min25 Aug
Chicago13:17 → 14:0512:280 min12:2848 min26 Aug
Jersey City14:17 → 15:0512:340 min12:3448 min26 Aug
Port of Spain14:17 → 15:0511:440 min11:4448 min26 Aug
London19:17 → 20:0512:380 min12:3848 min26 Aug
Durban20:17 → 21:0511:340 min11:3448 min26 Aug
Dubai22:17 → 23:0511:570 min11:5648 min26 Aug
Delhi23:47 → 00:3511:590 min11:5948 min26 Aug
Kolkata23:47 → 00:3511:140 min11:1448 min26 Aug
Singapore02:17 → 03:0512:430 min12:4248 min26 Aug
Sydney04:17 → 05:0511:340 min11:3348 min26 Aug
Suva06:17 → 07:0511:450 min11:4448 min26 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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