Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1932

Saturday 3 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 289 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Friday 2 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 3 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

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 18:10 on Fri 2 Dec to 17:20 on Sat 3 Dec.

    1932-12-02T10:09:40Z → 1932-12-03T09:20:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 2nd, 11:44–12:32 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 17320 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1932: Saturday 3 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1932 falls on Saturday 3 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 18:10 on Fri 2 Dec to 17:20 on Sat 3 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1932/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:10 → 01:2011:1948 min11:190 min2 Dec
Chicago04:10 → 03:2011:1648 min11:160 min2 Dec
Jersey City05:10 → 04:2011:2248 min11:220 min2 Dec
Port of Spain06:10 → 05:2011:3248 min11:320 min2 Dec
London10:10 → 09:2011:2648 min11:260 min2 Dec
Durban12:10 → 11:2011:210 min11:220 min3 Dec
Dubai14:10 → 13:2011:440 min11:4548 min3 Dec
Delhi15:40 → 14:5011:460 min11:4748 min3 Dec
Kolkata15:40 → 14:5011:020 min11:0248 min3 Dec
Singapore17:10 → 16:2011:300 min11:3048 min3 Dec
Sydney20:10 → 19:2011:210 min11:2148 min3 Dec
Suva22:10 → 21:2011:320 min11:3248 min3 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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