Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2053

Thursday 4 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 175 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 3 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 4 September

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 16:46 on Wed 3 Sep to 15:36 on Thu 4 Sep.

    2053-09-03T08:46:09Z → 2053-09-04T07:36:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 10527 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2053: Thursday 4 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2053 falls on Thursday 4 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:46 on Wed 3 Sep to 15:36 on Thu 4 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2053/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 4 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 4 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 4 Sep
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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:46 → 00:3612:2848 min12:280 min3 Sep
Chicago03:46 → 02:3612:2548 min12:250 min3 Sep
Jersey City04:46 → 03:3612:3148 min12:310 min3 Sep
Port of Spain04:46 → 03:3611:4148 min11:410 min3 Sep
London09:46 → 08:3612:3548 min12:350 min3 Sep
Durban10:46 → 09:3611:3148 min11:310 min3 Sep
Dubai12:46 → 11:3611:540 min11:540 min4 Sep
Delhi14:16 → 13:0611:560 min11:5648 min4 Sep
Kolkata14:16 → 13:0611:120 min11:1148 min4 Sep
Singapore16:46 → 15:3612:400 min12:4048 min4 Sep
Sydney18:46 → 17:3611:310 min11:3148 min4 Sep
Suva20:46 → 19:3611:420 min11:4248 min4 Sep
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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