Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1990

Friday 23 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 242 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 Friday 23 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 24 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 05:47 on Fri 23 Nov to 07:39 on Sat 24 Nov.

    1990-11-22T21:47:18Z → 1990-11-23T23:38:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 23rd, 11:41–12:29 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 14496 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1990: Friday 23 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1990 falls on Friday 23 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 05:47 on Fri 23 Nov to 07:39 on Sat 24 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1990/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 23 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 23 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:47 → 15:3911:150 min11:1548 min23 Nov
Chicago15:47 → 17:3911:130 min11:1348 min23 Nov
Jersey City16:47 → 18:3911:180 min11:1948 min23 Nov
Port of Spain17:47 → 19:3911:280 min11:2848 min23 Nov
London21:47 → 23:3911:220 min11:2348 min23 Nov
Durban23:47 → 01:3911:180 min11:1848 min23 Nov
Dubai01:47 → 03:3911:410 min11:4148 min23 Nov
Delhi03:17 → 05:0911:430 min11:4348 min23 Nov
Kolkata03:17 → 05:0910:580 min10:5948 min23 Nov
Singapore05:47 → 07:3912:270 min12:2748 min23 Nov
Sydney08:47 → 10:3912:170 min12:1848 min23 Nov
Suva09:47 → 11:3911:280 min11:2948 min23 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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