Ruling · Campā Ṣaṣṭhī · 1978

Tuesday 5 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 599 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 Tuesday 5 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 6 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

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 01:46 on Tue 5 Dec to 23:22 on Tue 5 Dec.

    1978-12-04T17:45:40Z → 1978-12-05T15:22:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 5th, 11:45–12:33 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 35928 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Campā Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1978: Tuesday 5 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Campā Ṣaṣṭhī 1978 falls on Tuesday 5 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:46 on Tue 5 Dec to 23:22 on Tue 5 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1978/champa-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 5 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 5 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 5 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/champa-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Mārgaśīrṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second 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 row calls the day special with Śatabhiṣaj nakṣatra, Vyatīpāta yoga and a Sunday; none is tested.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMadhyāhna 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:46 → 07:2211:1948 min11:200 min4 Dec
Chicago11:46 → 09:2211:1719 min11:170 min4 Dec
Jersey City12:46 → 10:2211:220 min11:230 min5 Dec
Port of Spain13:46 → 11:2211:320 min11:330 min5 Dec
London17:46 → 15:2211:260 min11:2748 min5 Dec
Durban19:46 → 17:2211:220 min11:2248 min5 Dec
Dubai21:46 → 19:2211:450 min11:4548 min5 Dec
Delhi23:16 → 20:5211:470 min11:4748 min5 Dec
Kolkata23:16 → 20:5211:030 min11:0348 min5 Dec
Singapore01:16 → 22:5212:010 min12:0148 min5 Dec
Sydney04:46 → 02:2212:210 min12:2248 min5 Dec
Suva05:46 → 03:2211:320 min11:3348 min5 Dec
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
champa-shashthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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