Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2055

Friday 13 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 261 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 Friday 13 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 14 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 05:19 on Fri 13 Aug to 07:38 on Sat 14 Aug.

    2055-08-12T21:18:51Z → 2055-08-13T23:37:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 13th, 11:59–12:47 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 15659 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2055: Friday 13 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2055 falls on Friday 13 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 05:19 on Fri 13 Aug to 07:38 on Sat 14 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2055/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 13 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 13 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:19 → 16:3812:340 min12:3448 min13 Aug
Chicago16:19 → 18:3812:310 min12:3148 min13 Aug
Jersey City17:19 → 19:3812:370 min12:3748 min13 Aug
Port of Spain17:19 → 19:3811:470 min11:4748 min13 Aug
London22:19 → 00:3812:410 min12:4148 min13 Aug
Durban23:19 → 01:3811:370 min11:3748 min13 Aug
Dubai01:19 → 03:3812:000 min12:0048 min13 Aug
Delhi02:49 → 05:0812:020 min12:0248 min13 Aug
Kolkata02:49 → 05:0811:180 min11:1748 min13 Aug
Singapore05:19 → 07:3812:460 min12:4648 min13 Aug
Sydney07:19 → 09:3811:370 min11:3648 min13 Aug
Suva09:19 → 11:3811:480 min11:4748 min13 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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