Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2091

Tuesday 4 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 338 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 Monday 3 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 4 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 18:20 on Mon 3 Sep to 20:44 on Tue 4 Sep.

    2091-09-03T10:20:03Z → 2091-09-04T12:44:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 3rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 20309 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2091: Tuesday 4 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2091 falls on Tuesday 4 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 18:20 on Mon 3 Sep to 20:44 on Tue 4 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2091/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 4 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 4 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:20 → 05:4412:2848 min12:280 min3 Sep
Chicago05:20 → 07:4412:2648 min12:250 min3 Sep
Jersey City06:20 → 08:4412:3248 min12:310 min3 Sep
Port of Spain06:20 → 08:4411:4248 min11:410 min3 Sep
London11:20 → 13:4412:3648 min12:3548 min4 Sep
Durban12:20 → 14:4411:320 min11:3148 min4 Sep
Dubai14:20 → 16:4411:540 min11:5448 min4 Sep
Delhi15:50 → 18:1411:570 min11:5648 min4 Sep
Kolkata15:50 → 18:1411:120 min11:1248 min4 Sep
Singapore18:20 → 20:4412:400 min12:4048 min4 Sep
Sydney20:20 → 22:4411:310 min11:3148 min4 Sep
Suva22:20 → 00:4411:420 min11:4248 min4 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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