Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2074

Sunday 12 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 64 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Sunday 12 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 Monday 13 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:16 on Sun 12 Aug to 10:55 on Mon 13 Aug.

    2074-08-12T01:15:42Z → 2074-08-13T02:55:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 12th, 11:59–12:47 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 3823 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2074: Sunday 12 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2074 falls on Sunday 12 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:16 on Sun 12 Aug to 10:55 on Mon 13 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2074/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 12 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 12 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 12 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:16 → 19:5512:3448 min12:340 min12 Aug
Chicago20:16 → 21:5512:3148 min12:310 min12 Aug
Jersey City21:16 → 22:5512:3748 min12:370 min12 Aug
Port of Spain21:16 → 22:5511:4748 min11:470 min12 Aug
London02:16 → 03:5512:4148 min12:410 min12 Aug
Durban03:16 → 04:5511:3748 min11:370 min12 Aug
Dubai05:16 → 06:5512:0048 min12:000 min12 Aug
Delhi06:46 → 08:2512:0248 min12:020 min12 Aug
Kolkata06:46 → 08:2511:1848 min11:180 min12 Aug
Singapore09:16 → 10:5512:4648 min12:460 min12 Aug
Sydney11:16 → 12:5511:3748 min11:3748 min13 Aug
Suva13:16 → 14:5511:480 min11:4848 min13 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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