Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2095

Saturday 20 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 152 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 Saturday 20 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 Sunday 21 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

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:26 on Sat 20 Aug to 06:54 on Sun 21 Aug.

    2095-08-20T01:25:52Z → 2095-08-20T22:53:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 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 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 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 9108 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2095: Saturday 20 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2095 falls on Saturday 20 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:26 on Sat 20 Aug to 06:54 on Sun 21 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2095/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 20 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 20 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 20 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 Angeles18:26 → 15:5412:3248 min12:320 min20 Aug
Chicago20:26 → 17:5412:3048 min12:300 min20 Aug
Jersey City21:26 → 18:5412:3648 min12:350 min20 Aug
Port of Spain21:26 → 18:5411:4648 min11:450 min20 Aug
London02:26 → 23:5412:4048 min12:390 min20 Aug
Durban03:26 → 00:5411:3648 min11:360 min20 Aug
Dubai05:26 → 02:5411:5848 min11:580 min20 Aug
Delhi06:56 → 04:2412:0148 min12:000 min20 Aug
Kolkata06:56 → 04:2411:1648 min11:160 min20 Aug
Singapore09:26 → 06:5412:4448 min12:440 min20 Aug
Sydney11:26 → 08:5411:3548 min11:350 min20 Aug
Suva13:26 → 10:5411:460 min11:460 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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