Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2019

Wednesday 21 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 141 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 Wednesday 21 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 22 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 08:01 on Wed 21 Aug to 09:36 on Thu 22 Aug.

    2019-08-21T00:00:38Z → 2019-08-22T01:36:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 21st, 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 8430 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2019: Wednesday 21 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2019 falls on Wednesday 21 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 08:01 on Wed 21 Aug to 09:36 on Thu 22 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2019/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 21 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 21 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 21 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:01 → 18:3612:3248 min12:320 min21 Aug
Chicago19:01 → 20:3612:2948 min12:290 min21 Aug
Jersey City20:01 → 21:3612:3548 min12:350 min21 Aug
Port of Spain20:01 → 21:3611:4548 min11:450 min21 Aug
London01:01 → 02:3612:3948 min12:390 min21 Aug
Durban02:01 → 03:3611:3548 min11:350 min21 Aug
Dubai04:01 → 05:3611:5848 min11:580 min21 Aug
Delhi05:31 → 07:0612:0048 min12:000 min21 Aug
Kolkata05:31 → 07:0611:1648 min11:150 min21 Aug
Singapore08:01 → 09:3612:4448 min12:440 min21 Aug
Sydney10:01 → 11:3611:3548 min11:342 min22 Aug
Suva12:01 → 13:3611:4633 min11:4548 min22 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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