Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 1908

Monday 17 August

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 169 minutes.

Decide it for

MultanDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 16 August

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:24  13:12 madhyāhna ends
11:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:3614:00

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 17 August

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:24  13:12 madhyāhna ends
11:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:3614:00

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 17:45 on Sun 16 Aug to 16:01 on Mon 17 Aug.

    1908-08-16T12:15:05Z → 1908-08-17T10:31:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:24–13:12 on the 16th, 12:24–13:12 on the 17th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 10155 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Multan, 1908: Monday 17 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 1908 falls on Monday 17 August. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 17:45 on Sun 16 Aug to 16:01 on Mon 17 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1908/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 17 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 17 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 17 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:15 → 02:3111:3348 min11:330 min16 Aug
Chicago06:15 → 04:3111:3048 min11:300 min16 Aug
Jersey City07:15 → 05:3111:3648 min11:360 min16 Aug
Port of Spain08:15 → 06:3111:4648 min11:460 min16 Aug
London12:15 → 10:3111:4013 min11:400 min16 Aug
Durban14:15 → 12:3111:360 min11:3648 min17 Aug
Dubai15:56 → 14:1211:400 min11:4048 min17 Aug
Delhi17:45 → 16:0112:010 min12:0148 min17 Aug
Kolkata17:45 → 16:0111:170 min11:1648 min17 Aug
Singapore19:15 → 17:3111:450 min11:4548 min17 Aug
Sydney22:15 → 20:3111:360 min11:3548 min17 Aug
Suva00:10 → 22:2611:420 min11:4148 min17 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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