Ruling · Campā Ṣaṣṭhī · 1906

Wednesday 21 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 583 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 20 November

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 21 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

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 00:03 on Wed 21 Nov to 22:10 on Wed 21 Nov.

    1906-11-20T16:03:02Z → 1906-11-21T14:10:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 20th, 11:40–12:28 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 34959 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Campā Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1906: Wednesday 21 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Campā Ṣaṣṭhī 1906 falls on Wednesday 21 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:03 on Wed 21 Nov to 22:10 on Wed 21 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1906/champa-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 21 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 21 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 21 Nov
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/champa-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Mārgaśīrṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second 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 row calls the day special with Śatabhiṣaj nakṣatra, Vyatīpāta yoga and a Sunday; none is tested.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMadhyāhna 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:03 → 06:1011:1448 min11:150 min20 Nov
Chicago10:03 → 08:1011:1248 min11:120 min20 Nov
Jersey City11:03 → 09:1011:1848 min11:180 min20 Nov
Port of Spain12:03 → 10:1011:2813 min11:280 min20 Nov
London16:03 → 14:1011:220 min11:2248 min21 Nov
Durban18:03 → 16:1011:180 min11:1848 min21 Nov
Dubai19:44 → 17:5111:210 min11:2148 min21 Nov
Delhi21:33 → 19:4011:420 min11:4348 min21 Nov
Kolkata21:33 → 19:4010:580 min10:5848 min21 Nov
Singapore23:03 → 21:1011:260 min11:2648 min21 Nov
Sydney02:03 → 00:1011:170 min11:1748 min21 Nov
Suva03:58 → 02:0511:230 min11:2348 min21 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
champa-shashthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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