Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1948

Monday 6 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 334 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 Monday 6 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 7 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 04:06 on Mon 6 Dec to 06:11 on Tue 7 Dec.

    1948-12-05T20:06:30Z → 1948-12-06T22:11:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 6th, 11:45–12:33 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 20057 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1948: Monday 6 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1948 falls on Monday 6 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:06 on Mon 6 Dec to 06:11 on Tue 7 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1948/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 6 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 6 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:06 → 15:1112:201 min12:2048 min5 Dec
Chicago14:06 → 16:1111:170 min11:1848 min6 Dec
Jersey City15:06 → 17:1111:230 min11:2348 min6 Dec
Port of Spain16:06 → 18:1111:330 min11:3348 min6 Dec
London20:06 → 22:1111:270 min11:2848 min6 Dec
Durban22:06 → 00:1111:230 min11:2348 min6 Dec
Dubai00:06 → 02:1111:450 min11:4648 min6 Dec
Delhi01:36 → 03:4111:480 min11:4848 min6 Dec
Kolkata01:36 → 03:4111:030 min11:0448 min6 Dec
Singapore03:36 → 05:4112:010 min12:0248 min6 Dec
Sydney06:06 → 08:1111:220 min11:2248 min6 Dec
Suva08:06 → 10:1111:330 min11:3348 min6 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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