Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2050

Monday 8 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 133 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 Sunday 7 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 8 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 17:16 on Sun 7 Aug to 15:01 on Mon 8 Aug.

    2050-08-07T09:16:04Z → 2050-08-08T07:00:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 7th, 12:00–12:48 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 7979 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2050: Monday 8 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2050 falls on Monday 8 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 17:16 on Sun 7 Aug to 15:01 on Mon 8 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2050/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 8 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 8 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:16 → 00:0112:3548 min12:340 min7 Aug
Chicago04:16 → 02:0112:3248 min12:320 min7 Aug
Jersey City05:16 → 03:0112:3848 min12:380 min7 Aug
Port of Spain05:16 → 03:0111:4848 min11:480 min7 Aug
London10:16 → 08:0112:4248 min12:420 min7 Aug
Durban11:16 → 09:0111:3848 min11:380 min7 Aug
Dubai13:16 → 11:0112:000 min12:000 min8 Aug
Delhi14:46 → 12:3112:030 min12:0328 min8 Aug
Kolkata14:46 → 12:3111:180 min11:1848 min8 Aug
Singapore17:16 → 15:0112:460 min12:4648 min8 Aug
Sydney19:16 → 17:0111:370 min11:3748 min8 Aug
Suva21:16 → 19:0111:480 min11:4848 min8 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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