Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2081

Monday 25 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 175 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 Monday 25 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 26 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 07:26 on Mon 25 Aug to 09:00 on Tue 26 Aug.

    2081-08-24T23:25:36Z → 2081-08-26T01:00:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 25th, 11:56–12:44 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 10526 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2081: Monday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2081 falls on Monday 25 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:26 on Mon 25 Aug to 09:00 on Tue 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2081/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:26 → 18:0012:310 min12:310 min25 Aug
Chicago18:26 → 20:0012:290 min12:280 min25 Aug
Jersey City19:26 → 21:0012:340 min12:340 min25 Aug
Port of Spain19:26 → 21:0011:440 min11:440 min25 Aug
London00:26 → 02:0012:380 min12:380 min25 Aug
Durban01:26 → 03:0011:350 min11:340 min25 Aug
Dubai03:26 → 05:0011:570 min11:570 min25 Aug
Delhi04:56 → 06:3011:590 min11:590 min25 Aug
Kolkata04:56 → 06:3011:150 min11:140 min25 Aug
Singapore07:26 → 09:0012:430 min12:430 min25 Aug
Sydney09:26 → 11:0011:340 min11:330 min25 Aug
Suva11:26 → 13:0011:450 min11:4448 min26 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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