Midday of Wednesday 3 December
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:44 12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2008
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 73 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 3 December
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 4 December
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:45 on Wed 3 Dec to 15:43 on Thu 4 Dec.
2008-12-03T05:44:53Z → 2008-12-04T07:42:39Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 3rd, 11:44–12:32 on the 4th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 4381 s
Ruling
Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2008: Thursday 4 December.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2008 falls on Thursday 4 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:45 on Wed 3 Dec to 15:43 on Thu 4 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 4 Dec |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 4 Dec |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 4 Dec |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/skanda-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:45 → 23:43 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| Chicago | 23:45 → 01:43 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| Jersey City | 00:45 → 02:43 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| Port of Spain | 01:45 → 03:43 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:32 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| London | 05:45 → 07:43 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| Durban | 07:45 → 09:43 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| Dubai | 09:45 → 11:43 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 3 Dec |
| Delhi | 11:15 → 13:13 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 3 Dec |
| Kolkata | 11:15 → 13:13 | 11:02 | 35 min | 11:03 | 48 min | 3 Dec |
| Singapore | 13:45 → 15:43 | 12:30 | 0 min | 12:31 | 48 min | 4 Dec |
| Sydney | 16:45 → 18:43 | 12:21 | 0 min | 12:21 | 48 min | 4 Dec |
| Suva | 17:45 → 19:43 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 4 Dec |