Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2029

Thursday 30 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 360 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 Wednesday 29 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 30 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 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 18:43 on Wed 29 Aug to 21:12 on Thu 30 Aug.

    2029-08-29T10:42:33Z → 2029-08-30T13:11:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 29th, 11:54–12:42 on the 30th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 21587 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2029: Thursday 30 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2029 falls on Thursday 30 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 18:43 on Wed 29 Aug to 21:12 on Thu 30 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2029/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 30 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 30 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:43 → 06:1212:2948 min12:290 min29 Aug
Chicago05:43 → 08:1212:2748 min12:270 min29 Aug
Jersey City06:43 → 09:1212:3348 min12:320 min29 Aug
Port of Spain06:43 → 09:1211:4348 min11:420 min29 Aug
London11:43 → 14:1212:3748 min12:3648 min30 Aug
Durban12:43 → 15:1211:330 min11:3348 min30 Aug
Dubai14:43 → 17:1211:550 min11:5548 min30 Aug
Delhi16:13 → 18:4211:580 min11:5748 min30 Aug
Kolkata16:13 → 18:4211:130 min11:1348 min30 Aug
Singapore18:43 → 21:1212:420 min12:4148 min30 Aug
Sydney20:43 → 23:1211:320 min11:3248 min30 Aug
Suva22:43 → 01:1211:430 min11:4348 min30 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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