Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1987

Thursday 26 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 576 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Thursday 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 Friday 27 November

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 02:06 on Thu 26 Nov to 23:42 on Thu 26 Nov.

    1987-11-25T18:05:31Z → 1987-11-26T15:42:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 26th, 11:41–12:29 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 34533 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1987: Thursday 26 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1987 falls on Thursday 26 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 02:06 on Thu 26 Nov to 23:42 on Thu 26 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1987/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 26 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 26 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:06 → 07:4211:1648 min11:160 min25 Nov
Chicago12:06 → 09:4211:130 min11:140 min26 Nov
Jersey City13:06 → 10:4211:190 min11:190 min26 Nov
Port of Spain14:06 → 11:4211:290 min11:2913 min26 Nov
London18:06 → 15:4211:230 min11:2348 min26 Nov
Durban20:06 → 17:4211:190 min11:1948 min26 Nov
Dubai22:06 → 19:4211:410 min11:4248 min26 Nov
Delhi23:36 → 21:1211:440 min11:4448 min26 Nov
Kolkata23:36 → 21:1210:590 min11:0048 min26 Nov
Singapore02:06 → 23:4212:270 min12:2848 min26 Nov
Sydney05:06 → 02:4212:180 min12:1848 min26 Nov
Suva06:06 → 03:4211:290 min11:2948 min26 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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