Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2037

Tuesday 1 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 127 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 Monday 31 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 1 September

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 14:49 on Mon 31 Aug to 16:32 on Tue 1 Sep.

    2037-08-31T06:49:07Z → 2037-09-01T08:31:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 31st, 11:54–12:42 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 7618 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2037: Tuesday 1 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2037 falls on Tuesday 1 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:49 on Mon 31 Aug to 16:32 on Tue 1 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2037/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 1 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 1 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 1 Sep
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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:49 → 01:3212:2948 min12:290 min31 Aug
Chicago01:49 → 03:3212:2648 min12:260 min31 Aug
Jersey City02:49 → 04:3212:3248 min12:320 min31 Aug
Port of Spain02:49 → 04:3211:4248 min11:420 min31 Aug
London07:49 → 09:3212:3648 min12:360 min31 Aug
Durban08:49 → 10:3211:3248 min11:320 min31 Aug
Dubai10:49 → 12:3211:5548 min11:5537 min1 Sep
Delhi12:19 → 14:0211:5726 min11:5748 min1 Sep
Kolkata12:19 → 14:0211:130 min11:1248 min1 Sep
Singapore14:49 → 16:3212:410 min12:4148 min1 Sep
Sydney16:49 → 18:3211:320 min11:3148 min1 Sep
Suva18:49 → 20:3211:430 min11:4248 min1 Sep
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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