Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2002

Thursday 29 August

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 minutes.

Decide it for

BucharestDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Wednesday 28 August

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:52  13:40 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 12:28:39
12:0412:2812:5213:1613:4014:0414:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 29 August

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 12:52  13:40 madhyāhna ends
12:0412:2812:5213:1613:4014:0414:28

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 12:29 on Wed 28 Aug to 14:49 on Thu 29 Aug.

    2002-08-28T09:28:39Z → 2002-08-29T11:48:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:52–13:40 on the 28th, 12:52–13:40 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1428 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Bucharest, 2002: Thursday 29 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2002 falls on Thursday 29 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:29 on Wed 28 Aug to 14:49 on Thu 29 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2002/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 29 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 29 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 29 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:29 → 04:4912:3048 min12:300 min28 Aug
Chicago04:29 → 06:4912:2748 min12:270 min28 Aug
Jersey City05:29 → 07:4912:3348 min12:330 min28 Aug
Port of Spain05:29 → 07:4911:4348 min11:430 min28 Aug
London10:29 → 12:4912:3748 min12:3712 min29 Aug
Durban11:29 → 13:4911:3348 min11:3348 min29 Aug
Dubai13:29 → 15:4911:560 min11:5648 min29 Aug
Delhi14:59 → 17:1911:580 min11:5848 min29 Aug
Kolkata14:59 → 17:1911:140 min11:1348 min29 Aug
Singapore17:29 → 19:4912:420 min12:4248 min29 Aug
Sydney19:29 → 21:4911:330 min11:3248 min29 Aug
Suva21:29 → 23:4911:440 min11:4448 min29 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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