Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1922

Friday 24 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 605 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 24 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 25 November

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

0 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 00:46 on Fri 24 Nov to 01:36 on Sat 25 Nov.

    1922-11-23T16:45:52Z → 1922-11-24T17:35:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 24th, 11:41–12:29 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 36314 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1922: Friday 24 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1922 falls on Friday 24 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:46 on Fri 24 Nov to 01:36 on Sat 25 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1922/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 24 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 24 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:46 → 09:3611:1548 min11:160 min23 Nov
Chicago10:46 → 11:3611:1348 min11:1322 min23 Nov
Jersey City11:46 → 12:3611:1921 min11:1948 min23 Nov
Port of Spain12:46 → 13:3611:280 min11:2948 min24 Nov
London16:46 → 17:3611:230 min11:2348 min24 Nov
Durban18:46 → 19:3611:180 min11:1948 min24 Nov
Dubai20:46 → 21:3611:410 min11:4148 min24 Nov
Delhi22:16 → 23:0611:430 min11:4448 min24 Nov
Kolkata22:16 → 23:0610:590 min10:5948 min24 Nov
Singapore23:46 → 00:3611:270 min11:2748 min24 Nov
Sydney02:46 → 03:3611:180 min11:1848 min24 Nov
Suva04:46 → 05:3611:290 min11:2948 min24 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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