Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2015

Thursday 3 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 107 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 Thursday 3 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 Friday 4 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 10:06 on Thu 3 Sep to 07:58 on Fri 4 Sep.

    2015-09-03T02:06:23Z → 2015-09-03T23:57:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 6419 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2015: Thursday 3 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2015 falls on Thursday 3 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:06 on Thu 3 Sep to 07:58 on Fri 4 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2015/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 3 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 3 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 3 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 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:06 → 16:5812:2848 min12:280 min3 Sep
Chicago21:06 → 18:5812:2648 min12:250 min3 Sep
Jersey City22:06 → 19:5812:3148 min12:310 min3 Sep
Port of Spain22:06 → 19:5811:4148 min11:410 min3 Sep
London03:06 → 00:5812:3548 min12:350 min3 Sep
Durban04:06 → 01:5811:3248 min11:310 min3 Sep
Dubai06:06 → 03:5811:5448 min11:540 min3 Sep
Delhi07:36 → 05:2811:5648 min11:560 min3 Sep
Kolkata07:36 → 05:2811:1248 min11:120 min3 Sep
Singapore10:06 → 07:5812:4048 min12:400 min3 Sep
Sydney12:06 → 09:5811:3113 min11:310 min3 Sep
Suva14:06 → 11:5811:420 min11:4216 min4 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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