Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1940

Wednesday 4 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 136 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 Wednesday 4 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

Midday of Thursday 5 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 08:46 on Wed 4 Dec to 09:29 on Thu 5 Dec.

    1940-12-04T00:45:49Z → 1940-12-05T01:28:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 4th, 11:45–12:33 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 8143 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1940: Wednesday 4 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1940 falls on Wednesday 4 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 08:46 on Wed 4 Dec to 09:29 on Thu 5 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1940/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 4 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 4 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 4 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:46 → 17:2911:1948 min11:200 min4 Dec
Chicago18:46 → 19:2911:1748 min11:170 min4 Dec
Jersey City19:46 → 20:2911:2348 min11:230 min4 Dec
Port of Spain20:46 → 21:2911:3248 min11:330 min4 Dec
London01:46 → 02:2912:2748 min12:270 min4 Dec
Durban02:46 → 03:2911:2248 min11:230 min4 Dec
Dubai04:46 → 05:2911:4548 min11:450 min4 Dec
Delhi06:16 → 06:5911:4748 min11:480 min4 Dec
Kolkata06:16 → 06:5911:0348 min11:030 min4 Dec
Singapore08:06 → 08:4911:5148 min11:510 min4 Dec
Sydney10:46 → 11:2911:2148 min11:227 min4 Dec
Suva12:46 → 13:2911:320 min11:3348 min5 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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