Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1969

Sunday 14 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 601 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 14 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 15 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

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 01:48 on Sun 14 Dec to 23:32 on Sun 14 Dec.

    1969-12-13T17:47:57Z → 1969-12-14T15:32:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 14th, 11:49–12:37 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 36041 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1969: Sunday 14 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1969 falls on Sunday 14 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:48 on Sun 14 Dec to 23:32 on Sun 14 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1969/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 14 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 14 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:48 → 07:3211:2348 min11:240 min13 Dec
Chicago11:48 → 09:3211:2121 min11:210 min13 Dec
Jersey City12:48 → 10:3211:270 min11:270 min14 Dec
Port of Spain13:48 → 11:3211:360 min11:370 min14 Dec
London18:48 → 16:3212:310 min12:3148 min14 Dec
Durban19:48 → 17:3211:260 min11:2748 min14 Dec
Dubai21:48 → 19:3211:490 min11:4948 min14 Dec
Delhi23:18 → 21:0211:510 min11:5248 min14 Dec
Kolkata23:18 → 21:0211:070 min11:0748 min14 Dec
Singapore01:18 → 23:0212:050 min12:0548 min14 Dec
Sydney03:48 → 01:3211:250 min11:2648 min14 Dec
Suva05:48 → 03:3211:360 min11:3748 min14 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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