Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2014

Friday 15 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 96 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 Friday 15 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

Midday of Saturday 16 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:22 on Fri 15 Aug to 09:01 on Sat 16 Aug.

    2014-08-15T02:22:29Z → 2014-08-16T01:00:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 15th, 11:58–12:46 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 5755 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2014: Friday 15 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2014 falls on Friday 15 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:22 on Fri 15 Aug to 09:01 on Sat 16 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 15 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 15 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 15 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:22 → 18:0112:3348 min12:330 min15 Aug
Chicago21:22 → 20:0112:3148 min12:300 min15 Aug
Jersey City22:22 → 21:0112:3648 min12:360 min15 Aug
Port of Spain22:22 → 21:0111:4648 min11:460 min15 Aug
London03:22 → 02:0112:4048 min12:400 min15 Aug
Durban04:22 → 03:0111:3748 min11:360 min15 Aug
Dubai06:22 → 05:0111:5948 min11:590 min15 Aug
Delhi07:52 → 06:3112:0148 min12:010 min15 Aug
Kolkata07:52 → 06:3111:1748 min11:170 min15 Aug
Singapore10:22 → 09:0112:4548 min12:450 min15 Aug
Sydney12:22 → 11:0111:361 min11:360 min15 Aug
Suva14:22 → 13:0111:470 min11:4748 min16 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

About Ahargaṇa