Ruling · Campā Ṣaṣṭhī · 1997

Friday 5 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 323 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 5 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

Midday of Saturday 6 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

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 06:21 on Fri 5 Dec to 04:48 on Sat 6 Dec.

    1997-12-04T22:21:15Z → 1997-12-05T20:48:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 5th, 11:45–12:33 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 19399 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Campā Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1997: Friday 5 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Campā Ṣaṣṭhī 1997 falls on Friday 5 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 06:21 on Fri 5 Dec to 04:48 on Sat 6 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1997/champa-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 5 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 5 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 5 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/champa-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Mārgaśīrṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second 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 row calls the day special with Śatabhiṣaj nakṣatra, Vyatīpāta yoga and a Sunday; none is tested.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMadhyāhna 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:21 → 12:4811:190 min11:2048 min5 Dec
Chicago16:21 → 14:4811:170 min11:1748 min5 Dec
Jersey City17:21 → 15:4811:230 min11:2348 min5 Dec
Port of Spain18:21 → 16:4811:320 min11:3348 min5 Dec
London22:21 → 20:4811:270 min11:2748 min5 Dec
Durban00:21 → 22:4811:220 min11:2348 min5 Dec
Dubai02:21 → 00:4811:450 min11:4548 min5 Dec
Delhi03:51 → 02:1811:470 min11:4848 min5 Dec
Kolkata03:51 → 02:1811:030 min11:0348 min5 Dec
Singapore06:21 → 04:4812:310 min12:3148 min5 Dec
Sydney09:21 → 07:4812:210 min12:2248 min5 Dec
Suva10:21 → 08:4811:320 min11:3348 min5 Dec
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
champa-shashthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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