Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2049

Wednesday 18 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 519 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 18 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 19 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 03:19 on Wed 18 Aug to 02:37 on Thu 19 Aug.

    2049-08-17T19:18:38Z → 2049-08-18T18:36:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 18th, 11:58–12:46 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 31147 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2049: Wednesday 18 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2049 falls on Wednesday 18 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 03:19 on Wed 18 Aug to 02:37 on Thu 19 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2049/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 18 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 18 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:19 → 11:3712:3348 min12:320 min17 Aug
Chicago14:19 → 13:3712:300 min12:3048 min18 Aug
Jersey City15:19 → 14:3712:360 min12:3648 min18 Aug
Port of Spain15:19 → 14:3711:460 min11:4648 min18 Aug
London20:19 → 19:3712:400 min12:4048 min18 Aug
Durban21:19 → 20:3711:360 min11:3648 min18 Aug
Dubai23:19 → 22:3711:590 min11:5848 min18 Aug
Delhi00:49 → 00:0712:010 min12:0148 min18 Aug
Kolkata00:49 → 00:0711:170 min11:1648 min18 Aug
Singapore03:19 → 02:3712:450 min12:4548 min18 Aug
Sydney05:19 → 04:3711:360 min11:3548 min18 Aug
Suva07:19 → 06:3711:470 min11:4648 min18 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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