Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1929

Saturday 7 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 533 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 Saturday 7 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 8 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

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 00:30 on Sat 7 Dec to 02:53 on Sun 8 Dec.

    1929-12-06T16:29:32Z → 1929-12-07T18:52:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 7th, 11:46–12:34 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 31977 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1929: Saturday 7 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1929 falls on Saturday 7 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:30 on Sat 7 Dec to 02:53 on Sun 8 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1929/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 7 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 7 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:30 → 10:5311:2048 min11:200 min6 Dec
Chicago10:30 → 12:5311:1848 min11:1848 min6 Dec
Jersey City11:30 → 13:5311:2342 min11:2448 min6 Dec
Port of Spain12:30 → 14:5311:330 min11:3448 min7 Dec
London16:30 → 18:5311:270 min11:2848 min7 Dec
Durban18:30 → 20:5311:230 min11:2348 min7 Dec
Dubai20:30 → 22:5311:460 min11:4648 min7 Dec
Delhi22:00 → 00:2311:480 min11:4848 min7 Dec
Kolkata22:00 → 00:2311:030 min11:0448 min7 Dec
Singapore23:30 → 01:5311:310 min11:3248 min7 Dec
Sydney02:30 → 04:5311:220 min11:2348 min7 Dec
Suva04:30 → 06:5311:330 min11:3448 min7 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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