Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1984

Wednesday 28 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 615 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 Wednesday 28 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 29 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 00:36 on Wed 28 Nov to 01:28 on Thu 29 Nov.

    1984-11-27T16:36:04Z → 1984-11-28T17:27:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 28th, 11:42–12:30 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 36882 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1984: Wednesday 28 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1984 falls on Wednesday 28 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 00:36 on Wed 28 Nov to 01:28 on Thu 29 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1984/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 28 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 28 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:36 → 09:2811:1748 min11:170 min27 Nov
Chicago10:36 → 11:2811:1448 min11:1513 min27 Nov
Jersey City11:36 → 12:2811:2032 min11:2048 min27 Nov
Port of Spain12:36 → 13:2811:300 min11:3048 min28 Nov
London16:36 → 17:2811:240 min11:2448 min28 Nov
Durban18:36 → 19:2811:200 min11:2048 min28 Nov
Dubai20:36 → 21:2811:420 min11:4348 min28 Nov
Delhi22:06 → 22:5811:450 min11:4548 min28 Nov
Kolkata22:06 → 22:5811:000 min11:0048 min28 Nov
Singapore00:36 → 01:2812:280 min12:2948 min28 Nov
Sydney03:36 → 04:2812:190 min12:1948 min28 Nov
Suva04:36 → 05:2811:300 min11:3048 min28 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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