Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1956

Saturday 8 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 441 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 Saturday 8 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 9 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

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 01:52 on Sat 8 Dec to 04:25 on Sun 9 Dec.

    1956-12-07T17:51:37Z → 1956-12-08T20:25:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 8th, 11:46–12:34 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 26456 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1956: Saturday 8 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1956 falls on Saturday 8 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:52 on Sat 8 Dec to 04:25 on Sun 9 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1956/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 8 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 8 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:52 → 12:2511:2148 min11:2148 min7 Dec
Chicago11:52 → 14:2511:1815 min11:1948 min7 Dec
Jersey City12:52 → 15:2511:240 min11:2448 min8 Dec
Port of Spain13:52 → 16:2511:340 min11:3448 min8 Dec
London17:52 → 20:2511:280 min11:2848 min8 Dec
Durban19:52 → 22:2511:240 min11:2448 min8 Dec
Dubai21:52 → 00:2511:460 min11:4748 min8 Dec
Delhi23:22 → 01:5511:490 min11:4948 min8 Dec
Kolkata23:22 → 01:5511:040 min11:0448 min8 Dec
Singapore01:22 → 03:5512:020 min12:0248 min8 Dec
Sydney03:52 → 06:2511:230 min11:2348 min8 Dec
Suva05:52 → 08:2511:340 min11:3448 min8 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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