Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1957

Wednesday 27 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 576 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 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

Midday of Wednesday 27 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

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 22:05 on Tue 26 Nov to 23:39 on Wed 27 Nov.

    1957-11-26T14:05:22Z → 1957-11-27T15:38:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 26th, 11:42–12:30 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 34569 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1957: Wednesday 27 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1957 falls on Wednesday 27 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 22:05 on Tue 26 Nov to 23:39 on Wed 27 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1957/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 27 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 27 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:05 → 07:3911:1648 min11:170 min26 Nov
Chicago08:05 → 09:3911:1448 min11:140 min26 Nov
Jersey City09:05 → 10:3911:2048 min11:200 min26 Nov
Port of Spain10:05 → 11:3911:2948 min11:309 min26 Nov
London14:05 → 15:3911:240 min11:2448 min27 Nov
Durban16:05 → 17:3911:190 min11:2048 min27 Nov
Dubai18:05 → 19:3911:420 min11:4248 min27 Nov
Delhi19:35 → 21:0911:440 min11:4548 min27 Nov
Kolkata19:35 → 21:0911:000 min11:0048 min27 Nov
Singapore21:35 → 23:0911:580 min11:5848 min27 Nov
Sydney00:05 → 01:3911:190 min11:1948 min27 Nov
Suva02:05 → 03:3911:300 min11:3048 min27 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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