Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2017

Sunday 13 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 632 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 Sunday 13 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 14 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 01:27 on Sun 13 Aug to 00:02 on Mon 14 Aug.

    2017-08-12T17:26:44Z → 2017-08-13T16:02:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 13th, 11:59–12:47 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 37918 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2017: Sunday 13 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2017 falls on Sunday 13 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:27 on Sun 13 Aug to 00:02 on Mon 14 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2017/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 13 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 13 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:27 → 09:0212:3448 min12:330 min12 Aug
Chicago12:27 → 11:0212:3148 min12:310 min12 Aug
Jersey City13:27 → 12:0212:370 min12:370 min13 Aug
Port of Spain13:27 → 12:0211:470 min11:4715 min13 Aug
London18:27 → 17:0212:410 min12:4148 min13 Aug
Durban19:27 → 18:0211:370 min11:3748 min13 Aug
Dubai21:27 → 20:0212:000 min11:5948 min13 Aug
Delhi22:57 → 21:3212:020 min12:0248 min13 Aug
Kolkata22:57 → 21:3211:170 min11:1748 min13 Aug
Singapore01:27 → 00:0212:460 min12:4548 min13 Aug
Sydney03:27 → 02:0211:360 min11:3648 min13 Aug
Suva05:27 → 04:0211:470 min11:4748 min13 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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