Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2090

Wednesday 16 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 412 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 Wednesday 16 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 17 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 03:03 on Wed 16 Aug to 05:07 on Thu 17 Aug.

    2090-08-15T19:02:50Z → 2090-08-16T21:06:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 16th, 11:58–12:46 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 24694 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2090: Wednesday 16 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2090 falls on Wednesday 16 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 03:03 on Wed 16 Aug to 05:07 on Thu 17 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2090/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 16 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 16 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:03 → 14:0712:3348 min12:3348 min16 Aug
Chicago14:03 → 16:0712:310 min12:3148 min16 Aug
Jersey City15:03 → 17:0712:370 min12:3748 min16 Aug
Port of Spain15:03 → 17:0711:470 min11:4748 min16 Aug
London20:03 → 22:0712:410 min12:4148 min16 Aug
Durban21:03 → 23:0711:370 min11:3748 min16 Aug
Dubai23:03 → 01:0711:590 min11:5948 min16 Aug
Delhi00:33 → 02:3712:020 min12:0248 min16 Aug
Kolkata00:33 → 02:3711:170 min11:1748 min16 Aug
Singapore03:03 → 05:0712:450 min12:4548 min16 Aug
Sydney05:03 → 07:0711:360 min11:3648 min16 Aug
Suva07:03 → 09:0711:470 min11:4748 min16 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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