Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1961

Wednesday 13 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 391 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 12 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 13 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

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 21:18 on Tue 12 Dec to 19:07 on Wed 13 Dec.

    1961-12-12T13:18:27Z → 1961-12-13T11:07:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:48–12:36 on the 12th, 11:48–12:36 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 23482 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1961: Wednesday 13 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1961 falls on Wednesday 13 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 21:18 on Tue 12 Dec to 19:07 on Wed 13 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1961/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 13 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 13 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:18 → 03:0711:2348 min11:230 min12 Dec
Chicago07:18 → 05:0711:2048 min11:210 min12 Dec
Jersey City08:18 → 06:0711:2648 min11:270 min12 Dec
Port of Spain09:18 → 07:0711:3648 min11:360 min12 Dec
London13:18 → 11:0711:300 min11:310 min13 Dec
Durban15:18 → 13:0711:260 min11:2648 min13 Dec
Dubai17:18 → 15:0711:480 min11:4948 min13 Dec
Delhi18:48 → 16:3711:510 min11:5148 min13 Dec
Kolkata18:48 → 16:3711:060 min11:0748 min13 Dec
Singapore20:48 → 18:3712:040 min12:0548 min13 Dec
Sydney23:18 → 21:0711:250 min11:2548 min13 Dec
Suva01:18 → 23:0711:360 min11:3648 min13 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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