Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1949

Friday 25 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 434 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 Friday 25 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 26 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

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:27 on Fri 25 Nov to 04:27 on Sat 26 Nov.

    1949-11-24T20:27:13Z → 1949-11-25T20:26:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 25th, 11:41–12:29 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 26020 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1949: Friday 25 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1949 falls on Friday 25 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:27 on Fri 25 Nov to 04:27 on Sat 26 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 25 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 25 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:27 → 12:2711:160 min11:1648 min25 Nov
Chicago14:27 → 14:2711:130 min11:1348 min25 Nov
Jersey City15:27 → 15:2711:190 min11:1948 min25 Nov
Port of Spain16:27 → 16:2711:290 min11:2948 min25 Nov
London20:27 → 20:2711:230 min11:2348 min25 Nov
Durban22:27 → 22:2711:190 min11:1948 min25 Nov
Dubai00:27 → 00:2711:410 min11:4248 min25 Nov
Delhi01:57 → 01:5711:440 min11:4448 min25 Nov
Kolkata01:57 → 01:5710:590 min10:5948 min25 Nov
Singapore03:57 → 03:5711:570 min11:5748 min25 Nov
Sydney06:27 → 06:2711:180 min11:1848 min25 Nov
Suva08:27 → 08:2711:290 min11:2948 min25 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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