Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1976

Friday 26 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 140 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 26 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 27 November

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

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 09:21 on Fri 26 Nov to 08:34 on Sat 27 Nov.

    1976-11-26T01:21:09Z → 1976-11-27T00:33:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 26th, 11:42–12:30 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 8410 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1976: Friday 26 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1976 falls on Friday 26 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:21 on Fri 26 Nov to 08:34 on Sat 27 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1976/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:21 → 16:3411:1648 min11:170 min26 Nov
Chicago19:21 → 18:3411:1448 min11:140 min26 Nov
Jersey City20:21 → 19:3411:2048 min11:200 min26 Nov
Port of Spain21:21 → 20:3411:3048 min11:300 min26 Nov
London01:21 → 00:3411:2448 min11:240 min26 Nov
Durban03:21 → 02:3411:1948 min11:200 min26 Nov
Dubai05:21 → 04:3411:4248 min11:420 min26 Nov
Delhi06:51 → 06:0411:4448 min11:450 min26 Nov
Kolkata06:51 → 06:0411:0048 min11:000 min26 Nov
Singapore08:51 → 08:0411:5848 min11:580 min26 Nov
Sydney12:21 → 11:3412:1945 min12:190 min26 Nov
Suva13:21 → 12:3411:300 min11:3048 min27 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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