Midday of Wednesday 6 December
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:45 12:33 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 12:38:24
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1967
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 57 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 6 December
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 7 December
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
46 of 48 minutes covered, the first 46
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:38 on Wed 6 Dec to 12:31 on Thu 7 Dec.
1967-12-06T04:38:24Z → 1967-12-07T04:31:14Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 6th, 11:45–12:33 on the 7th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 46 of 48 on the 7th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 117 s < 300 s
Ruling
Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1967: Thursday 7 December.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1967 falls on Thursday 7 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:38 on Wed 6 Dec to 12:31 on Thu 7 Dec and covers 46 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 1 min 57 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 7 Dec |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 7 Dec |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 6 Dec |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/skanda-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Madhyāhna 6th | Covered | Madhyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:38 → 20:31 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Chicago | 22:38 → 22:31 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Jersey City | 23:38 → 23:31 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Port of Spain | 00:38 → 00:31 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| London | 04:38 → 04:31 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Durban | 06:38 → 06:31 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Dubai | 08:38 → 08:31 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Delhi | 10:08 → 10:01 | 11:48 | 48 min | 11:48 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Kolkata | 10:08 → 10:01 | 11:03 | 48 min | 11:04 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Singapore | 12:08 → 12:01 | 12:01 | 41 min | 12:02 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Sydney | 14:38 → 14:31 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 7 Dec |
| Suva | 16:38 → 16:31 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 7 Dec |