Midday of Wednesday 2 December
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:43 12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Campā Ṣaṣṭhī · 1981
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 22 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 2 December
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 3 December
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
3 of 48 minutes covered, the first 3
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:30 on Wed 2 Dec to 11:47 on Thu 3 Dec.
1981-12-02T02:30:23Z → 1981-12-03T03:47:07Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 2nd, 11:44–12:32 on the 3rd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 3 of 48 on the 3rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 202 s < 300 s
Ruling
Campā Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1981: Thursday 3 December.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Campā Ṣaṣṭhī 1981 falls on Thursday 3 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:30 on Wed 2 Dec to 11:47 on Thu 3 Dec and covers 3 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 3 min 22 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 3 Dec |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 3 Dec |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 3 Dec |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/champa-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Madhyāhna 2nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:30 → 19:47 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Chicago | 20:30 → 21:47 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Jersey City | 21:30 → 22:47 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Port of Spain | 22:30 → 23:47 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:32 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| London | 02:30 → 03:47 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Durban | 04:30 → 05:47 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Dubai | 06:30 → 07:47 | 11:44 | 48 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Delhi | 08:00 → 09:17 | 11:46 | 48 min | 11:47 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Kolkata | 08:00 → 09:17 | 11:02 | 48 min | 11:02 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Singapore | 10:00 → 11:17 | 12:00 | 48 min | 12:00 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Sydney | 13:30 → 14:47 | 12:21 | 0 min | 12:21 | 48 min | 3 Dec |
| Suva | 14:30 → 15:47 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 3 Dec |