Midday of Saturday 6 December
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:45 12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1986
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 240 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 6 December
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 7 December
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:45 on Sat 6 Dec to 05:43 on Sun 7 Dec.
1986-12-05T23:45:17Z → 1986-12-06T21:42:46Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 6th, 11:45–12:33 on the 7th.
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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 14376 s
Ruling
Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1986: Saturday 6 December.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1986 falls on Saturday 6 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:45 on Sat 6 Dec to 05:43 on Sun 7 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 6 Dec |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 6 Dec |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 6 Dec |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/skanda-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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Madhyāhna 5th | Covered | Madhyāhna 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:45 → 13:43 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Chicago | 17:45 → 15:43 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Jersey City | 18:45 → 16:43 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Port of Spain | 19:45 → 17:43 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| London | 23:45 → 21:43 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Durban | 01:45 → 23:43 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Dubai | 03:45 → 01:43 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Delhi | 05:15 → 03:13 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Kolkata | 05:15 → 03:13 | 11:03 | 0 min | 11:03 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Singapore | 07:45 → 05:43 | 12:31 | 0 min | 12:31 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Sydney | 10:45 → 08:43 | 12:22 | 0 min | 12:22 | 48 min | 6 Dec |
| Suva | 11:45 → 09:43 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 36 min | 6 Dec |