Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1971

Wednesday 24 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 97 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 23 November

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 24 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

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 14:26 on Tue 23 Nov to 14:06 on Wed 24 Nov.

    1971-11-23T06:25:30Z → 1971-11-24T06:05:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 23rd, 11:40–12:28 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 5835 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1971: Wednesday 24 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1971 falls on Wednesday 24 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:26 on Tue 23 Nov to 14:06 on Wed 24 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1971/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:26 → 22:0611:1548 min11:150 min23 Nov
Chicago00:26 → 00:0611:1348 min11:130 min23 Nov
Jersey City01:26 → 01:0611:1848 min11:190 min23 Nov
Port of Spain02:26 → 02:0611:2848 min11:290 min23 Nov
London06:26 → 06:0611:2348 min11:230 min23 Nov
Durban08:26 → 08:0611:1848 min11:190 min23 Nov
Dubai10:26 → 10:0611:4148 min11:410 min23 Nov
Delhi11:56 → 11:3611:4336 min11:430 min23 Nov
Kolkata11:56 → 11:3610:590 min10:5937 min24 Nov
Singapore13:56 → 13:3611:570 min11:5748 min24 Nov
Sydney17:26 → 17:0612:180 min12:1848 min24 Nov
Suva18:26 → 18:0611:290 min11:2948 min24 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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