Ruling · Campā Ṣaṣṭhī · 2005

Tuesday 6 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 42 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 6 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:02:47
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 7 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 11:03 on Tue 6 Dec to 08:42 on Wed 7 Dec.

    2005-12-06T03:02:48Z → 2005-12-07T00:41:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 6th, 11:45–12:33 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 2534 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Campā Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2005: Tuesday 6 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Campā Ṣaṣṭhī 2005 falls on Tuesday 6 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:03 on Tue 6 Dec to 08:42 on Wed 7 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2005/champa-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 6 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 6 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 6 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:03 → 16:4211:2048 min11:210 min6 Dec
Chicago21:03 → 18:4211:1848 min11:180 min6 Dec
Jersey City22:03 → 19:4211:2348 min11:240 min6 Dec
Port of Spain23:03 → 20:4211:3348 min11:340 min6 Dec
London03:03 → 00:4211:2748 min11:280 min6 Dec
Durban05:03 → 02:4211:2348 min11:230 min6 Dec
Dubai07:03 → 04:4211:4648 min11:460 min6 Dec
Delhi08:33 → 06:1211:4848 min11:480 min6 Dec
Kolkata08:33 → 06:1211:0448 min11:040 min6 Dec
Singapore11:03 → 08:4212:3248 min12:320 min6 Dec
Sydney14:03 → 11:4212:220 min12:230 min7 Dec
Suva15:03 → 12:4211:330 min11:3448 min7 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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