Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2075

Saturday 31 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 586 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 31 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 1 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 01:25 on Sat 31 Aug to 02:08 on Sun 1 Sep.

    2075-08-30T17:24:54Z → 2075-08-31T18:08:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 31st, 11:54–12:42 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 35158 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2075: Saturday 31 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2075 falls on Saturday 31 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:25 on Sat 31 Aug to 02:08 on Sun 1 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2075/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 31 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 31 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:25 → 11:0812:2948 min12:290 min30 Aug
Chicago12:25 → 13:0812:2748 min12:2741 min31 Aug
Jersey City13:25 → 14:0812:330 min12:3248 min31 Aug
Port of Spain13:25 → 14:0811:430 min11:4248 min31 Aug
London18:25 → 19:0812:370 min12:3648 min31 Aug
Durban19:25 → 20:0811:330 min11:3348 min31 Aug
Dubai21:25 → 22:0811:550 min11:5548 min31 Aug
Delhi22:55 → 23:3811:580 min11:5748 min31 Aug
Kolkata22:55 → 23:3811:130 min11:1348 min31 Aug
Singapore01:25 → 02:0812:420 min12:4148 min31 Aug
Sydney03:25 → 04:0811:320 min11:3248 min31 Aug
Suva05:25 → 06:0811:430 min11:4348 min31 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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