Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1902

Saturday 6 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 595 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 5 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 6 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

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 22:27 on Fri 5 Dec to 00:27 on Sun 7 Dec.

    1902-12-05T14:27:07Z → 1902-12-06T16:27:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 5th, 11:45–12:33 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 35686 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1902: Saturday 6 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1902 falls on Saturday 6 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 22:27 on Fri 5 Dec to 00:27 on Sun 7 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1902/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 6 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 6 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 6 Dec
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/skanda-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Mārgaśīrṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 6 Campa sasthi (Maharashtra) (paraviddha). (Special when combined with naksatra Satabhisaj, yoga Vyatipata and Sunday), Skanda sasthi (purvaviddha), Guha sasthi” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMadhyāhna 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:27 → 08:2711:1948 min11:200 min5 Dec
Chicago08:27 → 10:2711:1748 min11:170 min5 Dec
Jersey City09:27 → 11:2711:2348 min11:234 min5 Dec
Port of Spain10:27 → 12:2711:3348 min11:3348 min5 Dec
London14:27 → 16:2711:270 min11:2748 min6 Dec
Durban15:57 → 17:5710:520 min10:5348 min6 Dec
Dubai18:08 → 20:0811:260 min11:2648 min6 Dec
Delhi19:48 → 21:4811:380 min11:3948 min6 Dec
Kolkata19:48 → 21:4810:540 min10:5448 min6 Dec
Singapore21:22 → 23:2211:260 min11:2648 min6 Dec
Sydney00:27 → 02:2711:220 min11:2248 min6 Dec
Suva02:22 → 04:2211:280 min11:2848 min6 Dec
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
skanda-shashthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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