Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2020

Sunday 9 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 166 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Sunday 9 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 10 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 06:49 on Sun 9 Aug to 09:13 on Mon 10 Aug.

    2020-08-08T22:49:07Z → 2020-08-10T01:13:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 9th, 11:59–12:47 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 9947 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2020: Sunday 9 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2020 falls on Sunday 9 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 06:49 on Sun 9 Aug to 09:13 on Mon 10 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2020/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 9 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 9 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:49 → 18:1312:340 min12:340 min9 Aug
Chicago17:49 → 20:1312:320 min12:320 min9 Aug
Jersey City18:49 → 21:1312:380 min12:370 min9 Aug
Port of Spain18:49 → 21:1311:480 min11:470 min9 Aug
London23:49 → 02:1312:420 min12:410 min9 Aug
Durban00:49 → 03:1311:380 min11:370 min9 Aug
Dubai02:49 → 05:1312:000 min12:000 min9 Aug
Delhi04:19 → 06:4312:020 min12:020 min9 Aug
Kolkata04:19 → 06:4311:180 min11:180 min9 Aug
Singapore06:49 → 09:1312:460 min12:460 min9 Aug
Sydney08:49 → 11:1311:370 min11:370 min9 Aug
Suva10:49 → 13:1311:480 min11:4848 min10 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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