Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1973

Saturday 1 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 241 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 30 November

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 1 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

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 16:31 on Fri 30 Nov to 18:54 on Sat 1 Dec.

    1973-11-30T08:31:20Z → 1973-12-01T10:54:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 30th, 11:43–12:31 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 14445 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1973: Saturday 1 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1973 falls on Saturday 1 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:31 on Fri 30 Nov to 18:54 on Sat 1 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1973/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 1 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 1 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 1 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:31 → 02:5411:1848 min11:180 min30 Nov
Chicago02:31 → 04:5411:1548 min11:160 min30 Nov
Jersey City03:31 → 05:5411:2148 min11:210 min30 Nov
Port of Spain04:31 → 06:5411:3148 min11:310 min30 Nov
London08:31 → 10:5411:2548 min11:250 min30 Nov
Durban10:31 → 12:5411:2148 min11:2148 min30 Nov
Dubai12:31 → 14:5411:430 min11:4448 min1 Dec
Delhi14:01 → 16:2411:460 min11:4648 min1 Dec
Kolkata14:01 → 16:2411:010 min11:0148 min1 Dec
Singapore16:01 → 18:2411:590 min12:0048 min1 Dec
Sydney19:31 → 21:5412:200 min12:2048 min1 Dec
Suva20:31 → 22:5411:310 min11:3148 min1 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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