Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2061

Monday 5 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 472 minutes.

Decide it for

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 4 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 Monday 5 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 22:41 on Sun 4 Sep to 20:33 on Mon 5 Sep.

    2061-09-04T14:40:32Z → 2061-09-05T12:32:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 4th, 11:53–12:41 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 28322 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2061: Monday 5 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2061 falls on Monday 5 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 22:41 on Sun 4 Sep to 20:33 on Mon 5 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2061/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 5 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 5 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:41 → 05:3312:2848 min12:270 min4 Sep
Chicago09:41 → 07:3312:2548 min12:250 min4 Sep
Jersey City10:41 → 08:3312:3148 min12:310 min4 Sep
Port of Spain10:41 → 08:3311:4148 min11:410 min4 Sep
London15:41 → 13:3312:350 min12:3548 min5 Sep
Durban16:41 → 14:3311:310 min11:3148 min5 Sep
Dubai18:41 → 16:3311:540 min11:5348 min5 Sep
Delhi20:11 → 18:0311:560 min11:5648 min5 Sep
Kolkata20:11 → 18:0311:110 min11:1148 min5 Sep
Singapore22:41 → 20:3312:400 min12:3948 min5 Sep
Sydney00:41 → 22:3311:310 min11:3048 min5 Sep
Suva02:41 → 00:3311:420 min11:4148 min5 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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