Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2063

Wednesday 15 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 593 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 Wednesday 15 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 Thursday 16 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:38 on Wed 15 Aug to 02:05 on Thu 16 Aug.

    2063-08-14T16:37:47Z → 2063-08-15T18:05:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 15th, 11:58–12:46 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 35598 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2063: Wednesday 15 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2063 falls on Wednesday 15 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:38 on Wed 15 Aug to 02:05 on Thu 16 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2063/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:38 → 11:0512:3448 min12:330 min14 Aug
Chicago11:38 → 13:0512:3148 min12:3134 min15 Aug
Jersey City12:38 → 14:0512:3747 min12:3748 min15 Aug
Port of Spain12:38 → 14:0511:470 min11:4748 min15 Aug
London17:38 → 19:0512:410 min12:4148 min15 Aug
Durban18:38 → 20:0511:370 min11:3748 min15 Aug
Dubai20:38 → 22:0511:590 min11:5948 min15 Aug
Delhi22:08 → 23:3512:020 min12:0248 min15 Aug
Kolkata22:08 → 23:3511:170 min11:1748 min15 Aug
Singapore00:38 → 02:0512:450 min12:4548 min15 Aug
Sydney02:38 → 04:0511:360 min11:3648 min15 Aug
Suva04:38 → 06:0511:470 min11:4748 min15 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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