Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1943

Thursday 2 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Thursday 2 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:43  13:31 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 13:18:58
11:5512:1912:4313:0713:3113:5514:19

12 of 48 minutes covered, the last 12

Midday of Friday 3 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:44  13:32 madhyāhna ends
11:5612:2012:4413:0813:3213:5614:20

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 13:19 on Thu 2 Dec to 11:06 on Fri 3 Dec.

    1943-12-02T04:18:58Z → 1943-12-03T02:05:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:43–13:31 on the 2nd, 12:44–13:32 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 12 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 0 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 729 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1943: Thursday 2 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1943 falls on Thursday 2 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:19 on Thu 2 Dec to 11:06 on Fri 3 Dec and covers 12 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1943/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 2 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 2 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 2 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 Angeles21:19 → 19:0612:1848 min12:190 min2 Dec
Chicago23:19 → 21:0612:1648 min12:160 min2 Dec
Jersey City00:19 → 22:0612:2148 min12:220 min2 Dec
Port of Spain01:19 → 23:0612:3148 min12:320 min2 Dec
London05:19 → 03:0612:2648 min12:260 min2 Dec
Durban07:19 → 05:0612:2148 min12:220 min2 Dec
Dubai08:19 → 06:0611:4448 min11:440 min2 Dec
Delhi10:49 → 08:3612:4648 min12:470 min2 Dec
Kolkata10:49 → 08:3612:0248 min12:020 min2 Dec
Singapore13:19 → 11:0613:3048 min13:300 min2 Dec
Sydney15:19 → 13:0612:200 min12:2145 min3 Dec
Suva16:19 → 14:0611:310 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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