Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2066

Wednesday 11 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 139 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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 11 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 15:07 on Tue 10 Aug to 15:17 on Wed 11 Aug.

    2066-08-10T07:06:44Z → 2066-08-11T07:16:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 10th and 48 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 8359 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2066: Wednesday 11 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2066 falls on Wednesday 11 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 15:07 on Tue 10 Aug to 15:17 on Wed 11 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2066/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:07 → 00:1712:3448 min12:340 min10 Aug
Chicago02:07 → 02:1712:3248 min12:320 min10 Aug
Jersey City03:07 → 03:1712:3748 min12:370 min10 Aug
Port of Spain03:07 → 03:1711:4848 min11:470 min10 Aug
London08:07 → 08:1712:4248 min12:410 min10 Aug
Durban09:07 → 09:1711:3848 min11:370 min10 Aug
Dubai11:07 → 11:1712:0048 min12:000 min10 Aug
Delhi12:37 → 12:4712:0214 min12:0244 min11 Aug
Kolkata12:37 → 12:4711:180 min11:1848 min11 Aug
Singapore15:07 → 15:1712:460 min12:4648 min11 Aug
Sydney17:07 → 17:1711:370 min11:3748 min11 Aug
Suva19:07 → 19:1711:480 min11:4848 min11 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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