Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2073

Thursday 24 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 25 s.

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 23 August

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:47:13
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 24 August

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

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 11:47 on Wed 23 Aug to 14:09 on Thu 24 Aug.

    2073-08-23T03:47:13Z → 2073-08-24T06:08:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 23rd, 11:56–12:44 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 565 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2073: Thursday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2073 falls on Thursday 24 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:47 on Wed 23 Aug to 14:09 on Thu 24 Aug and covers all 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/2073/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:47 → 23:0912:3148 min12:310 min23 Aug
Chicago22:47 → 01:0912:2948 min12:290 min23 Aug
Jersey City23:47 → 02:0912:3548 min12:340 min23 Aug
Port of Spain23:47 → 02:0911:4548 min11:440 min23 Aug
London04:47 → 07:0912:3948 min12:380 min23 Aug
Durban05:47 → 08:0911:3548 min11:350 min23 Aug
Dubai07:47 → 10:0911:5748 min11:570 min23 Aug
Delhi09:17 → 11:3912:0048 min11:590 min23 Aug
Kolkata09:17 → 11:3911:1548 min11:1524 min24 Aug
Singapore11:47 → 14:0912:4348 min12:4348 min24 Aug
Sydney13:47 → 16:0911:340 min11:3448 min24 Aug
Suva15:47 → 18:0911:450 min11:4548 min24 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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