Midday of Monday 12 December
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:48 12:36 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 12:04:57
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24
31 of 48 minutes covered, the last 31
Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1904
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 17 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 12 December
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
31 of 48 minutes covered, the last 31
Midday of Tuesday 13 December
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:05 on Mon 12 Dec to 14:12 on Tue 13 Dec.
1904-12-12T04:04:57Z → 1904-12-13T06:12:07Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:48–12:36 on the 12th, 11:48–12:36 on the 13th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 31 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 1036 s
Ruling
Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1904: Monday 12 December.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1904 falls on Monday 12 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:05 on Mon 12 Dec to 14:12 on Tue 13 Dec and covers 31 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 12 Dec |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 12 Dec |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 12 Dec |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/skanda-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Madhyāhna 12th | Covered | Madhyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:05 → 22:12 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 12 Dec |
| Chicago | 22:05 → 00:12 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 12 Dec |
| Jersey City | 23:05 → 01:12 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 12 Dec |
| Port of Spain | 00:05 → 02:12 | 11:36 | 48 min | 11:36 | 0 min | 12 Dec |
| London | 04:05 → 06:12 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 12 Dec |
| Durban | 06:05 → 08:12 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 12 Dec |
| Dubai | 07:46 → 09:53 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 12 Dec |
| Delhi | 09:26 → 11:33 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 12 Dec |
| Kolkata | 09:26 → 11:33 | 10:57 | 48 min | 10:58 | 35 min | 12 Dec |
| Singapore | 11:00 → 13:07 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 12 Dec |
| Sydney | 14:05 → 16:12 | 11:25 | 0 min | 11:25 | 48 min | 13 Dec |
| Suva | 16:00 → 18:07 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 13 Dec |