Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1944

Tuesday 21 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 271 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 21 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:40  13:28 madhyāhna ends
11:5212:1612:4013:0413:2813:5214:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 22 November

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:40  13:28 madhyāhna ends
11:5212:1612:4013:0413:2813:5214:16

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 08:09 on Tue 21 Nov to 07:09 on Wed 22 Nov.

    1944-11-20T23:09:16Z → 1944-11-21T22:08:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:40–13:28 on the 21st, 12:40–13:28 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 16235 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1944: Tuesday 21 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1944 falls on Tuesday 21 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 08:09 on Tue 21 Nov to 07:09 on Wed 22 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 21 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 21 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:09 → 15:0912:150 min12:1548 min21 Nov
Chicago18:09 → 17:0912:120 min12:1248 min21 Nov
Jersey City19:09 → 18:0912:180 min12:1848 min21 Nov
Port of Spain20:09 → 19:0912:280 min12:2848 min21 Nov
London00:09 → 23:0912:220 min12:2248 min21 Nov
Durban01:09 → 00:0911:180 min11:1848 min21 Nov
Dubai03:09 → 02:0911:400 min11:4148 min21 Nov
Delhi05:39 → 04:3912:430 min12:4348 min21 Nov
Kolkata05:39 → 04:3911:580 min11:5848 min21 Nov
Singapore08:09 → 07:0913:260 min13:2648 min21 Nov
Sydney09:09 → 08:0911:170 min11:1748 min21 Nov
Suva11:09 → 10:0911:280 min11:2848 min21 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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