Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2051

Sunday 27 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 226 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 Saturday 26 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 27 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 18:57 on Sat 26 Aug to 16:30 on Sun 27 Aug.

    2051-08-26T10:57:06Z → 2051-08-27T08:29:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 26th, 11:56–12:44 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 13584 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2051: Sunday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2051 falls on Sunday 27 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 18:57 on Sat 26 Aug to 16:30 on Sun 27 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2051/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:57 → 01:3012:3148 min12:300 min26 Aug
Chicago05:57 → 03:3012:2848 min12:280 min26 Aug
Jersey City06:57 → 04:3012:3448 min12:340 min26 Aug
Port of Spain06:57 → 04:3011:4448 min11:440 min26 Aug
London11:57 → 09:3012:3848 min12:380 min26 Aug
Durban12:57 → 10:3011:340 min11:340 min27 Aug
Dubai14:57 → 12:3011:570 min11:5634 min27 Aug
Delhi16:27 → 14:0011:590 min11:5948 min27 Aug
Kolkata16:27 → 14:0011:140 min11:1448 min27 Aug
Singapore18:57 → 16:3012:430 min12:4248 min27 Aug
Sydney20:57 → 18:3011:330 min11:3348 min27 Aug
Suva22:57 → 20:3011:440 min11:4448 min27 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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