Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1988

Wednesday 14 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 321 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 Wednesday 14 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 15 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

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 06:28 on Wed 14 Dec to 04:35 on Thu 15 Dec.

    1988-12-13T22:28:01Z → 1988-12-14T20:34:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 14th, 11:49–12:37 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 19246 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1988: Wednesday 14 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1988 falls on Wednesday 14 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 06:28 on Wed 14 Dec to 04:35 on Thu 15 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1988/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 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/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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:28 → 12:3511:230 min11:2448 min14 Dec
Chicago16:28 → 14:3511:210 min11:2248 min14 Dec
Jersey City17:28 → 15:3511:270 min11:2748 min14 Dec
Port of Spain18:28 → 16:3511:360 min11:3748 min14 Dec
London22:28 → 20:3511:310 min11:3148 min14 Dec
Durban00:28 → 22:3511:260 min11:2748 min14 Dec
Dubai02:28 → 00:3511:490 min11:4948 min14 Dec
Delhi03:58 → 02:0511:510 min11:5248 min14 Dec
Kolkata03:58 → 02:0511:070 min11:0748 min14 Dec
Singapore06:28 → 04:3512:350 min12:3548 min14 Dec
Sydney09:28 → 07:3512:250 min12:2648 min14 Dec
Suva10:28 → 08:3511:360 min11:3748 min14 Dec
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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