Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2032

Thursday 26 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 215 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 25 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 26 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 17:46 on Wed 25 Aug to 16:18 on Thu 26 Aug.

    2032-08-25T09:45:40Z → 2032-08-26T08:18:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 25th, 11:56–12:44 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 12886 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2032: Thursday 26 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2032 falls on Thursday 26 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 17:46 on Wed 25 Aug to 16:18 on Thu 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2032/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 26 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 26 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:46 → 01:1812:3148 min12:300 min25 Aug
Chicago04:46 → 03:1812:2848 min12:280 min25 Aug
Jersey City05:46 → 04:1812:3448 min12:340 min25 Aug
Port of Spain05:46 → 04:1811:4448 min11:440 min25 Aug
London10:46 → 09:1812:3848 min12:380 min25 Aug
Durban11:46 → 10:1811:3436 min11:340 min25 Aug
Dubai13:46 → 12:1811:570 min11:5622 min26 Aug
Delhi15:16 → 13:4811:590 min11:5948 min26 Aug
Kolkata15:16 → 13:4811:140 min11:1448 min26 Aug
Singapore17:46 → 16:1812:430 min12:4248 min26 Aug
Sydney19:46 → 18:1811:330 min11:3348 min26 Aug
Suva21:46 → 20:1811:440 min11:4448 min26 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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