Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1951

Tuesday 4 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 127 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 3 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:54 on Mon 3 Dec to 14:39 on Tue 4 Dec.

    1951-12-03T08:53:49Z → 1951-12-04T06:39:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 3rd, 11:44–12:32 on the 4th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 7641 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1951: Tuesday 4 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1951 falls on Tuesday 4 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:54 on Mon 3 Dec to 14:39 on Tue 4 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1951/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 4 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 4 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:54 → 22:3911:1948 min11:190 min3 Dec
Chicago02:54 → 00:3911:1648 min11:170 min3 Dec
Jersey City03:54 → 01:3911:2248 min11:220 min3 Dec
Port of Spain04:54 → 02:3911:3248 min11:320 min3 Dec
London08:54 → 06:3911:2648 min11:260 min3 Dec
Durban10:54 → 08:3911:2248 min11:220 min3 Dec
Dubai12:54 → 10:3911:440 min11:450 min4 Dec
Delhi14:24 → 12:0911:470 min11:4722 min4 Dec
Kolkata14:24 → 12:0911:020 min11:0248 min4 Dec
Singapore16:24 → 14:0912:000 min12:0048 min4 Dec
Sydney18:54 → 16:3911:210 min11:2148 min4 Dec
Suva20:54 → 18:3911:320 min11:3248 min4 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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