Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2058

Friday 9 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 615 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 Friday 9 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 10 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 01:45 on Fri 9 Aug to 00:25 on Sat 10 Aug.

    2058-08-08T17:44:45Z → 2058-08-09T16:25:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 9th, 11:59–12:47 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 36888 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2058: Friday 9 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2058 falls on Friday 9 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:45 on Fri 9 Aug to 00:25 on Sat 10 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2058/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 9 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 9 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:45 → 09:2512:3448 min12:340 min8 Aug
Chicago12:45 → 11:2512:3235 min12:320 min8 Aug
Jersey City13:45 → 12:2512:380 min12:380 min9 Aug
Port of Spain13:45 → 12:2511:480 min11:4838 min9 Aug
London18:45 → 17:2512:420 min12:4248 min9 Aug
Durban19:45 → 18:2511:380 min11:3848 min9 Aug
Dubai21:45 → 20:2512:000 min12:0048 min9 Aug
Delhi23:15 → 21:5512:030 min12:0348 min9 Aug
Kolkata23:15 → 21:5511:180 min11:1848 min9 Aug
Singapore01:45 → 00:2512:460 min12:4648 min9 Aug
Sydney03:45 → 02:2511:370 min11:3748 min9 Aug
Suva05:45 → 04:2511:480 min11:4848 min9 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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