Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2068

Saturday 18 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 590 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 Friday 17 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 Saturday 18 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

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 00:54 on Sat 18 Aug to 22:36 on Sat 18 Aug.

    2068-08-17T16:54:25Z → 2068-08-18T14:36:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 17th, 11:58–12:46 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 35424 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2068: Saturday 18 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2068 falls on Saturday 18 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:54 on Sat 18 Aug to 22:36 on Sat 18 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 18 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 18 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:54 → 07:3612:3348 min12:330 min17 Aug
Chicago11:54 → 09:3612:3048 min12:300 min17 Aug
Jersey City12:54 → 10:3612:3630 min12:360 min17 Aug
Port of Spain12:54 → 10:3611:460 min11:460 min18 Aug
London17:54 → 15:3612:400 min12:4048 min18 Aug
Durban18:54 → 16:3611:360 min11:3648 min18 Aug
Dubai20:54 → 18:3611:590 min11:5948 min18 Aug
Delhi22:24 → 20:0612:010 min12:0148 min18 Aug
Kolkata22:24 → 20:0611:170 min11:1648 min18 Aug
Singapore00:54 → 22:3612:450 min12:4548 min18 Aug
Sydney02:54 → 00:3611:360 min11:3548 min18 Aug
Suva04:54 → 02:3611:470 min11:4648 min18 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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