Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2076

Wednesday 19 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 175 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 Wednesday 19 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

Midday of Thursday 20 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 09:02 on Wed 19 Aug to 07:36 on Thu 20 Aug.

    2076-08-19T01:02:13Z → 2076-08-19T23:36:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 19th, 11:57–12:45 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 10522 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2076: Wednesday 19 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2076 falls on Wednesday 19 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:02 on Wed 19 Aug to 07:36 on Thu 20 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2076/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 19 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 19 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 19 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:02 → 16:3612:3248 min12:320 min19 Aug
Chicago20:02 → 18:3612:3048 min12:300 min19 Aug
Jersey City21:02 → 19:3612:3648 min12:350 min19 Aug
Port of Spain21:02 → 19:3611:4648 min11:450 min19 Aug
London02:02 → 00:3612:4048 min12:390 min19 Aug
Durban03:02 → 01:3611:3648 min11:360 min19 Aug
Dubai05:02 → 03:3611:5848 min11:580 min19 Aug
Delhi06:32 → 05:0612:0148 min12:000 min19 Aug
Kolkata06:32 → 05:0611:1648 min11:160 min19 Aug
Singapore09:02 → 07:3612:4448 min12:440 min19 Aug
Sydney11:02 → 09:3611:3548 min11:350 min19 Aug
Suva13:02 → 11:3611:460 min11:460 min20 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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