Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2021

Friday 27 August

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 78 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 27 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 28 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

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 08:19 on Fri 27 Aug to 10:27 on Sat 28 Aug.

    2021-08-27T13:19:23Z → 2021-08-28T15:27:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 27th, 11:45–12:33 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 4693 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Lima, 2021: Friday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2021 falls on Friday 27 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 08:19 on Fri 27 Aug to 10:27 on Sat 28 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/2021/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 27 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima.

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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:19 → 08:2712:3048 min12:300 min27 Aug
Chicago08:19 → 10:2712:2848 min12:270 min27 Aug
Jersey City09:19 → 11:2712:3348 min12:330 min27 Aug
Port of Spain09:19 → 11:2711:4348 min11:430 min27 Aug
London14:19 → 16:2712:370 min12:3748 min28 Aug
Durban15:19 → 17:2711:340 min11:3348 min28 Aug
Dubai17:19 → 19:2711:560 min11:5648 min28 Aug
Delhi18:49 → 20:5711:580 min11:5848 min28 Aug
Kolkata18:49 → 20:5711:140 min11:1448 min28 Aug
Singapore21:19 → 23:2712:420 min12:4248 min28 Aug
Sydney23:19 → 01:2711:330 min11:3348 min28 Aug
Suva01:19 → 03:2711:440 min11:4448 min28 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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