Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1998

Wednesday 25 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 484 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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 25 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

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:33 on Tue 24 Nov to 20:56 on Wed 25 Nov.

    1998-11-24T12:32:59Z → 1998-11-25T12:56:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 24th, 11:41–12:29 on the 25th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 29065 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 1998: Wednesday 25 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1998 falls on Wednesday 25 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 20:33 on Tue 24 Nov to 20:56 on Wed 25 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1998/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 25 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 25 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:33 → 04:5611:1648 min11:160 min24 Nov
Chicago06:33 → 06:5611:1348 min11:130 min24 Nov
Jersey City07:33 → 07:5611:1948 min11:190 min24 Nov
Port of Spain08:33 → 08:5611:2948 min11:290 min24 Nov
London12:33 → 12:5611:230 min11:2348 min25 Nov
Durban14:33 → 14:5611:190 min11:1948 min25 Nov
Dubai16:33 → 16:5611:410 min11:4248 min25 Nov
Delhi18:03 → 18:2611:440 min11:4448 min25 Nov
Kolkata18:03 → 18:2610:590 min10:5948 min25 Nov
Singapore20:33 → 20:5612:270 min12:2748 min25 Nov
Sydney23:33 → 23:5612:180 min12:1848 min25 Nov
Suva01:33 → 01:5612:290 min12:2948 min25 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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