Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2046

Thursday 23 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 22 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 Wednesday 22 August

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 23 August

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 12:23:00
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

26 of 48 minutes covered, the first 26

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:19 on Wed 22 Aug to 12:23 on Thu 23 Aug.

    2046-08-22T02:18:48Z → 2046-08-23T04:23:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd, 11:57–12:45 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 26 of 48 on the 23rd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1295 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2046: Thursday 23 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2046 falls on Thursday 23 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:19 on Wed 22 Aug to 12:23 on Thu 23 Aug and covers 26 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2046/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 23 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 23 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:19 → 21:2312:3248 min12:310 min22 Aug
Chicago21:19 → 23:2312:2948 min12:290 min22 Aug
Jersey City22:19 → 00:2312:3548 min12:350 min22 Aug
Port of Spain22:19 → 00:2311:4548 min11:450 min22 Aug
London03:19 → 05:2312:3948 min12:390 min22 Aug
Durban04:19 → 06:2311:3548 min11:350 min22 Aug
Dubai06:19 → 08:2311:5848 min11:570 min22 Aug
Delhi07:49 → 09:5312:0048 min12:000 min22 Aug
Kolkata07:49 → 09:5311:1548 min11:150 min22 Aug
Singapore10:19 → 12:2312:4448 min12:430 min22 Aug
Sydney12:19 → 14:2311:344 min11:3448 min23 Aug
Suva14:19 → 16:2311:450 min11:4548 min23 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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