Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1919

Friday 28 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 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 28 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:04:27
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 29 November

Qualifies with 33 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 12:15:10
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

33 of 48 minutes covered, the first 33

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:04 on Fri 28 Nov to 12:15 on Sat 29 Nov.

    1919-11-28T03:04:28Z → 1919-11-29T04:15:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 28th, 11:42–12:30 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 33 of 48 on the 29th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 891 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1919: Friday 28 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1919 falls on Friday 28 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:04 on Fri 28 Nov to 12:15 on Sat 29 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 33 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1919/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 28 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 28 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 28 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/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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:04 → 20:1511:1748 min11:170 min28 Nov
Chicago21:04 → 22:1511:1448 min11:150 min28 Nov
Jersey City22:04 → 23:1511:2048 min11:200 min28 Nov
Port of Spain23:04 → 00:1511:3048 min11:300 min28 Nov
London03:04 → 04:1511:2448 min11:240 min28 Nov
Durban05:04 → 06:1511:2048 min11:200 min28 Nov
Dubai06:45 → 07:5611:2348 min11:240 min28 Nov
Delhi08:34 → 09:4511:4548 min11:450 min28 Nov
Kolkata08:34 → 09:4511:0048 min11:000 min28 Nov
Singapore10:04 → 11:1511:2848 min11:290 min28 Nov
Sydney13:04 → 14:1511:190 min11:1948 min29 Nov
Suva15:04 → 16:1511:300 min11:3048 min29 Nov
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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