Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1996

Sunday 15 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 65 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 Sunday 15 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 Monday 16 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

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 10:44 on Sun 15 Dec to 08:22 on Mon 16 Dec.

    1996-12-15T02:44:19Z → 1996-12-16T00:21:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 15th, 11:50–12:38 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 3897 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1996: Sunday 15 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1996 falls on Sunday 15 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:44 on Sun 15 Dec to 08:22 on Mon 16 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 15 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 15 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 15 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:44 → 16:2211:2448 min11:250 min15 Dec
Chicago20:44 → 18:2211:2248 min11:220 min15 Dec
Jersey City21:44 → 19:2211:2848 min11:280 min15 Dec
Port of Spain22:44 → 20:2211:3748 min11:380 min15 Dec
London02:44 → 00:2211:3248 min11:320 min15 Dec
Durban04:44 → 02:2211:2748 min11:280 min15 Dec
Dubai06:44 → 04:2211:5048 min11:500 min15 Dec
Delhi08:14 → 05:5211:5248 min11:530 min15 Dec
Kolkata08:14 → 05:5211:0848 min11:080 min15 Dec
Singapore10:44 → 08:2212:3648 min12:360 min15 Dec
Sydney13:44 → 11:2212:260 min12:270 min16 Dec
Suva14:44 → 12:2211:370 min11:3844 min16 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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