Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2038

Saturday 21 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 28 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 20 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 13:13:15
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 21 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 13:13 on Fri 20 Aug to 15:37 on Sat 21 Aug.

    2038-08-20T05:13:16Z → 2038-08-21T07:36:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 20th, 11:57–12:45 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 1676 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2038: Saturday 21 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2038 falls on Saturday 21 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:13 on Fri 20 Aug to 15:37 on Sat 21 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2038/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 21 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 21 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:13 → 00:3712:3248 min12:320 min20 Aug
Chicago00:13 → 02:3712:3048 min12:290 min20 Aug
Jersey City01:13 → 03:3712:3548 min12:350 min20 Aug
Port of Spain01:13 → 03:3711:4548 min11:450 min20 Aug
London06:13 → 08:3712:3948 min12:390 min20 Aug
Durban07:13 → 09:3711:3648 min11:350 min20 Aug
Dubai09:13 → 11:3711:5848 min11:580 min20 Aug
Delhi10:43 → 13:0712:0048 min12:0048 min21 Aug
Kolkata10:43 → 13:0711:1648 min11:1648 min21 Aug
Singapore13:13 → 15:3712:4419 min12:4448 min21 Aug
Sydney15:13 → 17:3711:350 min11:3548 min21 Aug
Suva17:13 → 19:3711:460 min11:4648 min21 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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