Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1938

Monday 28 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 337 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 Sunday 27 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 Monday 28 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 18:07 on Sun 27 Nov to 20:40 on Mon 28 Nov.

    1938-11-27T10:06:55Z → 1938-11-28T12:39:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 27th, 11:42–12:30 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 20249 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1938: Monday 28 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1938 falls on Monday 28 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 18:07 on Sun 27 Nov to 20:40 on Mon 28 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1938/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 28 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 28 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:07 → 04:4011:1648 min11:170 min27 Nov
Chicago04:07 → 06:4011:1448 min11:140 min27 Nov
Jersey City05:07 → 07:4011:2048 min11:200 min27 Nov
Port of Spain06:07 → 08:4011:3048 min11:300 min27 Nov
London10:07 → 12:4011:2448 min11:2448 min27 Nov
Durban12:07 → 14:4011:201 min11:2048 min27 Nov
Dubai14:07 → 16:4011:420 min11:4248 min28 Nov
Delhi15:37 → 18:1011:440 min11:4548 min28 Nov
Kolkata15:37 → 18:1011:000 min11:0048 min28 Nov
Singapore17:27 → 20:0011:480 min11:4848 min28 Nov
Sydney20:07 → 22:4011:190 min11:1948 min28 Nov
Suva22:07 → 00:4011:300 min11:3048 min28 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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