Ruling · Hala Ṣaṣṭhī · 2026

Wednesday 2 September

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 349 minutes.

Decide it for

23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 2 September

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 3 September

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

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 06:13 on Wed 2 Sep to 04:27 on Thu 3 Sep.

    2026-09-02T00:43:06Z → 2026-09-02T22:56:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 2nd, 12:02–12:50 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 20963 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Hala Ṣaṣṭhī, Ujjain, 2026: Wednesday 2 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Hala Ṣaṣṭhī 2026 falls on Wednesday 2 September. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 06:13 on Wed 2 Sep to 04:27 on Thu 3 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2026/hala-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 2 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 2 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 2 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:43 → 15:5712:2848 min12:280 min2 Sep
Chicago19:43 → 17:5712:2648 min12:260 min2 Sep
Jersey City20:43 → 18:5712:3248 min12:310 min2 Sep
Port of Spain20:43 → 18:5711:4248 min11:410 min2 Sep
London01:43 → 23:5712:3648 min12:350 min2 Sep
Durban02:43 → 00:5711:3248 min11:310 min2 Sep
Dubai04:43 → 02:5711:5448 min11:540 min2 Sep
Delhi06:13 → 04:2711:5748 min11:560 min2 Sep
Kolkata06:13 → 04:2711:1248 min11:120 min2 Sep
Singapore08:43 → 06:5712:4048 min12:400 min2 Sep
Sydney10:43 → 08:5711:3148 min11:310 min2 Sep
Suva12:43 → 10:5711:420 min11:420 min3 Sep
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