Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2094

Tuesday 31 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 134 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 30 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 31 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

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 16:28 on Mon 30 Aug to 14:56 on Tue 31 Aug.

    2094-08-30T08:28:10Z → 2094-08-31T06:56:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 30th, 11:54–12:42 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 8017 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2094: Tuesday 31 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2094 falls on Tuesday 31 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:28 on Mon 30 Aug to 14:56 on Tue 31 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2094/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 31 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 31 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:28 → 23:5612:2948 min12:290 min30 Aug
Chicago03:28 → 01:5612:2748 min12:270 min30 Aug
Jersey City04:28 → 02:5612:3348 min12:320 min30 Aug
Port of Spain04:28 → 02:5611:4348 min11:430 min30 Aug
London09:28 → 07:5612:3748 min12:370 min30 Aug
Durban10:28 → 08:5611:3348 min11:330 min30 Aug
Dubai12:28 → 10:5611:5615 min11:550 min30 Aug
Delhi13:58 → 12:2611:580 min11:5729 min31 Aug
Kolkata13:58 → 12:2611:130 min11:1348 min31 Aug
Singapore16:28 → 14:5612:420 min12:4148 min31 Aug
Sydney18:28 → 16:5611:320 min11:3248 min31 Aug
Suva20:28 → 18:5611:430 min11:4348 min31 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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