Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1927

Wednesday 30 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 675 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 Tuesday 29 November

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 30 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

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 30 Nov to 23:46 on Wed 30 Nov.

    1927-11-29T16:03:10Z → 1927-11-30T15:45:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 40515 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1927: Wednesday 30 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1927 falls on Wednesday 30 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:03 on Wed 30 Nov to 23:46 on Wed 30 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1927/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 30 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 30 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:03 → 07:4611:1748 min11:170 min29 Nov
Chicago10:03 → 09:4611:1548 min11:150 min29 Nov
Jersey City11:03 → 10:4611:2048 min11:210 min29 Nov
Port of Spain12:03 → 11:4611:3015 min11:3115 min29 Nov
London16:03 → 15:4611:240 min11:2548 min30 Nov
Durban18:03 → 17:4611:200 min11:2048 min30 Nov
Dubai20:03 → 19:4611:430 min11:4348 min30 Nov
Delhi21:33 → 21:1611:450 min11:4548 min30 Nov
Kolkata21:33 → 21:1611:000 min11:0148 min30 Nov
Singapore23:03 → 22:4611:290 min11:2948 min30 Nov
Sydney02:03 → 01:4611:190 min11:2048 min30 Nov
Suva04:03 → 03:4611:300 min11:3148 min30 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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