Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1930

Wednesday 26 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 472 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 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

Midday of Wednesday 26 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:21 on Tue 25 Nov to 22:30 on Wed 26 Nov.

    1930-11-25T12:21:17Z → 1930-11-26T14:29:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 25th, 11:41–12:29 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 28349 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1930: Wednesday 26 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1930 falls on Wednesday 26 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:21 on Tue 25 Nov to 22:30 on Wed 26 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1930/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 26 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 26 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:21 → 06:3011:1648 min11:160 min25 Nov
Chicago06:21 → 08:3011:1348 min11:140 min25 Nov
Jersey City07:21 → 09:3011:1948 min11:190 min25 Nov
Port of Spain08:21 → 10:3011:2948 min11:290 min25 Nov
London12:21 → 14:3011:230 min11:2448 min26 Nov
Durban14:21 → 16:3011:190 min11:1948 min26 Nov
Dubai16:21 → 18:3011:420 min11:4248 min26 Nov
Delhi17:51 → 20:0011:440 min11:4448 min26 Nov
Kolkata17:51 → 20:0010:590 min11:0048 min26 Nov
Singapore19:21 → 21:3011:270 min11:2848 min26 Nov
Sydney22:21 → 00:3011:180 min11:1848 min26 Nov
Suva00:21 → 02:3011:290 min11:2948 min26 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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