Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2008

Friday 22 August

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 625 minutes.

Decide it for

DaqingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 22 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:18  12:06 madhyāhna ends
10:3010:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:54

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 23 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:18  12:06 madhyāhna ends
10:3010:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:54

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 00:53 on Fri 22 Aug to 23:01 on Fri 22 Aug.

    2008-08-21T16:53:21Z → 2008-08-22T15:00:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:18–12:06 on the 22nd, 11:18–12:06 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 37504 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Daqing, 2008: Friday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2008 falls on Friday 22 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:53 on Fri 22 Aug to 23:01 on Fri 22 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2008/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 22 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:53 → 08:0112:3248 min12:310 min21 Aug
Chicago11:53 → 10:0112:2948 min12:290 min21 Aug
Jersey City12:53 → 11:0112:3530 min12:350 min21 Aug
Port of Spain12:53 → 11:0111:450 min11:450 min22 Aug
London17:53 → 16:0112:390 min12:3948 min22 Aug
Durban18:53 → 17:0111:350 min11:3548 min22 Aug
Dubai20:53 → 19:0111:580 min11:5748 min22 Aug
Delhi22:23 → 20:3112:000 min12:0048 min22 Aug
Kolkata22:23 → 20:3111:150 min11:1548 min22 Aug
Singapore00:53 → 23:0112:440 min12:4348 min22 Aug
Sydney02:53 → 01:0111:350 min11:3448 min22 Aug
Suva04:53 → 03:0111:460 min11:4548 min22 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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