Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2054

Monday 24 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 424 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 Monday 24 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

Midday of Tuesday 25 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:00 on Mon 24 Aug to 04:52 on Tue 25 Aug.

    2054-08-23T20:00:09Z → 2054-08-24T20:52:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 24th, 11:56–12:44 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 25417 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2054: Monday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2054 falls on Monday 24 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:00 on Mon 24 Aug to 04:52 on Tue 25 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2054/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:00 → 13:5212:3119 min12:3148 min24 Aug
Chicago15:00 → 15:5212:290 min12:2948 min24 Aug
Jersey City16:00 → 16:5212:350 min12:3448 min24 Aug
Port of Spain16:00 → 16:5211:450 min11:4448 min24 Aug
London21:00 → 21:5212:390 min12:3848 min24 Aug
Durban22:00 → 22:5211:350 min11:3548 min24 Aug
Dubai00:00 → 00:5211:570 min11:5748 min24 Aug
Delhi01:30 → 02:2212:000 min11:5948 min24 Aug
Kolkata01:30 → 02:2211:150 min11:1548 min24 Aug
Singapore04:00 → 04:5212:430 min12:4348 min24 Aug
Sydney06:00 → 06:5211:340 min11:3448 min24 Aug
Suva08:00 → 08:5211:450 min11:4548 min24 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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