Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2057

Monday 20 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 351 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 Sunday 19 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 20 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 18:36 on Sun 19 Aug to 19:27 on Mon 20 Aug.

    2057-08-19T10:36:27Z → 2057-08-20T11:27:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 19th, 11:57–12:45 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 21053 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2057: Monday 20 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2057 falls on Monday 20 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 18:36 on Sun 19 Aug to 19:27 on Mon 20 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2057/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 20 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 20 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:36 → 04:2712:3248 min12:320 min19 Aug
Chicago05:36 → 06:2712:3048 min12:300 min19 Aug
Jersey City06:36 → 07:2712:3648 min12:350 min19 Aug
Port of Spain06:36 → 07:2711:4648 min11:450 min19 Aug
London11:36 → 12:2712:4048 min12:390 min19 Aug
Durban12:36 → 13:2711:360 min11:3648 min20 Aug
Dubai14:36 → 15:2711:580 min11:5848 min20 Aug
Delhi16:06 → 16:5712:010 min12:0048 min20 Aug
Kolkata16:06 → 16:5711:160 min11:1648 min20 Aug
Singapore18:36 → 19:2712:440 min12:4448 min20 Aug
Sydney20:36 → 21:2711:350 min11:3548 min20 Aug
Suva22:36 → 23:2711:460 min11:4648 min20 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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