Midday of Thursday 20 August
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 12:55 13:43 madhyāhna ends
12:0712:3112:5513:1913:4314:0714:31
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1981
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 114 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 20 August
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 21 August
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:01 on Thu 20 Aug to 08:42 on Fri 21 Aug.
1981-08-20T08:00:34Z → 1981-08-21T05:42:19Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:55–13:43 on the 20th, 12:54–13:42 on the 21st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
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
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 6837 s
Ruling
Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Bucharest, 1981: Thursday 20 August.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1981 falls on Thursday 20 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:01 on Thu 20 Aug to 08:42 on Fri 21 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 20 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 20 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 20 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/hala-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 6 Hala sasthi (paraviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Madhyāhna 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:01 → 22:42 | 12:32 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 20 Aug |
| Chicago | 03:01 → 00:42 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 20 Aug |
| Jersey City | 04:01 → 01:42 | 12:35 | 48 min | 12:35 | 0 min | 20 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 04:01 → 01:42 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 20 Aug |
| London | 09:01 → 06:42 | 12:39 | 48 min | 12:39 | 0 min | 20 Aug |
| Durban | 10:01 → 07:42 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:35 | 0 min | 20 Aug |
| Dubai | 12:01 → 09:42 | 11:58 | 45 min | 11:58 | 0 min | 20 Aug |
| Delhi | 13:31 → 11:12 | 12:00 | 0 min | 12:00 | 0 min | 21 Aug |
| Kolkata | 13:31 → 11:12 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 21 Aug |
| Singapore | 15:31 → 13:12 | 12:14 | 0 min | 12:14 | 48 min | 21 Aug |
| Sydney | 18:01 → 15:42 | 11:35 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 21 Aug |
| Suva | 20:01 → 17:42 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 21 Aug |