Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2031

Friday 8 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 411 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 Thursday 7 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 8 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 20:13 on Thu 7 Aug to 19:39 on Fri 8 Aug.

    2031-08-07T12:12:49Z → 2031-08-08T11:38:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 7th, 12:00–12:48 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 24665 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2031: Friday 8 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2031 falls on Friday 8 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:13 on Thu 7 Aug to 19:39 on Fri 8 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2031/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:13 → 04:3912:3548 min12:340 min7 Aug
Chicago07:13 → 06:3912:3248 min12:320 min7 Aug
Jersey City08:13 → 07:3912:3848 min12:380 min7 Aug
Port of Spain08:13 → 07:3911:4848 min11:480 min7 Aug
London13:13 → 12:3912:4217 min12:420 min7 Aug
Durban14:13 → 13:3911:380 min11:3848 min8 Aug
Dubai16:13 → 15:3912:000 min12:0048 min8 Aug
Delhi17:43 → 17:0912:030 min12:0348 min8 Aug
Kolkata17:43 → 17:0911:180 min11:1848 min8 Aug
Singapore20:13 → 19:3912:460 min12:4648 min8 Aug
Sydney22:13 → 21:3911:370 min11:3748 min8 Aug
Suva00:13 → 23:3911:480 min11:4848 min8 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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