Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2072

Sunday 4 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 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 Saturday 3 September

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 4 September

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 12:03:54
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

11 of 48 minutes covered, the first 11

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:03 on Sat 3 Sep to 12:04 on Sun 4 Sep.

    2072-09-03T03:03:10Z → 2072-09-04T04:03:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 11 of 48 on the 4th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 661 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2072: Sunday 4 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2072 falls on Sunday 4 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:03 on Sat 3 Sep to 12:04 on Sun 4 Sep and covers 11 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2072/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:03 → 21:0412:2848 min12:280 min3 Sep
Chicago22:03 → 23:0412:2548 min12:250 min3 Sep
Jersey City23:03 → 00:0412:3148 min12:310 min3 Sep
Port of Spain23:03 → 00:0411:4148 min11:410 min3 Sep
London04:03 → 05:0412:3548 min12:350 min3 Sep
Durban05:03 → 06:0411:3148 min11:310 min3 Sep
Dubai07:03 → 08:0411:5448 min11:540 min3 Sep
Delhi08:33 → 09:3411:5648 min11:560 min3 Sep
Kolkata08:33 → 09:3411:1248 min11:110 min3 Sep
Singapore11:03 → 12:0412:4048 min12:400 min3 Sep
Sydney13:03 → 14:0411:310 min11:3148 min4 Sep
Suva15:03 → 16:0411:420 min11:4248 min4 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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