Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2044

Sunday 14 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 189 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Sunday 14 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 15 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 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 08:49 on Sun 14 Aug to 08:06 on Mon 15 Aug.

    2044-08-14T00:49:13Z → 2044-08-15T00:06:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 14th, 11:58–12:46 on the 15th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 11359 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2044: Sunday 14 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2044 falls on Sunday 14 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 08:49 on Sun 14 Aug to 08:06 on Mon 15 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2044/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 14 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 14 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 14 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:49 → 17:0612:3348 min12:330 min14 Aug
Chicago19:49 → 19:0612:3148 min12:310 min14 Aug
Jersey City20:49 → 20:0612:3748 min12:360 min14 Aug
Port of Spain20:49 → 20:0611:4748 min11:460 min14 Aug
London01:49 → 01:0612:4148 min12:400 min14 Aug
Durban02:49 → 02:0611:3748 min11:370 min14 Aug
Dubai04:49 → 04:0611:5948 min11:590 min14 Aug
Delhi06:19 → 05:3612:0248 min12:010 min14 Aug
Kolkata06:19 → 05:3611:1748 min11:170 min14 Aug
Singapore08:49 → 08:0612:4548 min12:450 min14 Aug
Sydney10:49 → 10:0611:3648 min11:360 min14 Aug
Suva12:49 → 12:0611:470 min11:4719 min15 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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