Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2084

Monday 21 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 555 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 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

Midday of Monday 21 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

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 22:01 on Sun 20 Aug to 22:02 on Mon 21 Aug.

    2084-08-20T14:00:36Z → 2084-08-21T14:02:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 20th, 11:57–12:45 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 33311 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2084: Monday 21 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2084 falls on Monday 21 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 22:01 on Sun 20 Aug to 22:02 on Mon 21 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2084/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 21 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 21 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:01 → 07:0212:3248 min12:320 min20 Aug
Chicago09:01 → 09:0212:3048 min12:290 min20 Aug
Jersey City10:01 → 10:0212:3548 min12:350 min20 Aug
Port of Spain10:01 → 10:0211:4548 min11:450 min20 Aug
London15:01 → 15:0212:390 min12:3948 min21 Aug
Durban16:01 → 16:0211:360 min11:3548 min21 Aug
Dubai18:01 → 18:0211:580 min11:5848 min21 Aug
Delhi19:31 → 19:3212:000 min12:0048 min21 Aug
Kolkata19:31 → 19:3211:160 min11:1648 min21 Aug
Singapore22:01 → 22:0212:440 min12:4448 min21 Aug
Sydney00:01 → 00:0211:350 min11:3548 min21 Aug
Suva02:01 → 02:0211:460 min11:4648 min21 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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