Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2028

Friday 11 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 376 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 11 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 Saturday 12 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 03:44 on Fri 11 Aug to 05:43 on Sat 12 Aug.

    2028-08-10T19:43:35Z → 2028-08-11T21:42:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 22578 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2028: Friday 11 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2028 falls on Friday 11 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 03:44 on Fri 11 Aug to 05:43 on Sat 12 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2028/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 11 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 11 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:44 → 14:4312:3438 min12:3448 min11 Aug
Chicago14:44 → 16:4312:310 min12:3148 min11 Aug
Jersey City15:44 → 17:4312:370 min12:3748 min11 Aug
Port of Spain15:44 → 17:4311:470 min11:4748 min11 Aug
London20:44 → 22:4312:410 min12:4148 min11 Aug
Durban21:44 → 23:4311:370 min11:3748 min11 Aug
Dubai23:44 → 01:4312:000 min12:0048 min11 Aug
Delhi01:14 → 03:1312:020 min12:0248 min11 Aug
Kolkata01:14 → 03:1311:180 min11:1848 min11 Aug
Singapore03:44 → 05:4312:460 min12:4648 min11 Aug
Sydney05:44 → 07:4311:370 min11:3748 min11 Aug
Suva07:44 → 09:4311:480 min11:4848 min11 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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