Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1905

Saturday 2 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 35 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 1 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 13:08:29
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 2 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 13:06:28
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

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 13:08 on Fri 1 Dec to 13:06 on Sat 2 Dec.

    1905-12-01T05:08:29Z → 1905-12-02T05:06:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 1st, 11:43–12:31 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 2112 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1905: Saturday 2 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1905 falls on Saturday 2 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:08 on Fri 1 Dec to 13:06 on Sat 2 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1905/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:08 → 21:0611:1848 min11:180 min1 Dec
Chicago23:08 → 23:0611:1648 min11:160 min1 Dec
Jersey City00:08 → 00:0611:2148 min11:220 min1 Dec
Port of Spain01:08 → 01:0611:3148 min11:310 min1 Dec
London05:08 → 05:0611:2548 min11:260 min1 Dec
Durban07:08 → 07:0611:2148 min11:210 min1 Dec
Dubai08:49 → 08:4711:2548 min11:250 min1 Dec
Delhi10:29 → 10:2711:3748 min11:370 min1 Dec
Kolkata10:29 → 10:2710:5248 min10:530 min1 Dec
Singapore12:08 → 12:0611:299 min11:3037 min1 Dec
Sydney15:08 → 15:0611:200 min11:2148 min2 Dec
Suva17:03 → 17:0111:260 min11:2748 min2 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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