Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2080

Thursday 5 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 641 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 Wednesday 4 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 5 September

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

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 23:48 on Wed 4 Sep to 23:22 on Thu 5 Sep.

    2080-09-04T15:47:44Z → 2080-09-05T15:21:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 4th, 11:53–12:41 on the 5th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 38461 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2080: Thursday 5 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2080 falls on Thursday 5 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 23:48 on Wed 4 Sep to 23:22 on Thu 5 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2080/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 5 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 5 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:48 → 08:2212:2848 min12:270 min4 Sep
Chicago10:48 → 10:2212:2548 min12:250 min4 Sep
Jersey City11:48 → 11:2212:3148 min12:310 min4 Sep
Port of Spain11:48 → 11:2211:4141 min11:410 min4 Sep
London16:48 → 16:2212:350 min12:3548 min5 Sep
Durban17:48 → 17:2211:310 min11:3148 min5 Sep
Dubai19:48 → 19:2211:540 min11:5348 min5 Sep
Delhi21:18 → 20:5211:560 min11:5648 min5 Sep
Kolkata21:18 → 20:5211:110 min11:1148 min5 Sep
Singapore23:48 → 23:2212:400 min12:3948 min5 Sep
Sydney01:48 → 01:2211:310 min11:3048 min5 Sep
Suva03:48 → 03:2211:420 min11:4148 min5 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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