Ruling · Campā Ṣaṣṭhī · 2009

Monday 23 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 36 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 22 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:03:59
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 23 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

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 11:04 on Sun 22 Nov to 13:47 on Mon 23 Nov.

    2009-11-22T03:04:00Z → 2009-11-23T05:47:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 22nd, 11:40–12:28 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 2165 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Campā Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2009: Monday 23 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Campā Ṣaṣṭhī 2009 falls on Monday 23 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:04 on Sun 22 Nov to 13:47 on Mon 23 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2009/champa-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 23 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 23 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 23 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/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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:04 → 21:4711:1548 min11:150 min22 Nov
Chicago21:04 → 23:4711:1348 min11:130 min22 Nov
Jersey City22:04 → 00:4711:1848 min11:190 min22 Nov
Port of Spain23:04 → 01:4711:2848 min11:290 min22 Nov
London03:04 → 05:4711:2248 min11:230 min22 Nov
Durban05:04 → 07:4711:1848 min11:180 min22 Nov
Dubai07:04 → 09:4711:4148 min11:410 min22 Nov
Delhi08:34 → 11:1711:4348 min11:430 min22 Nov
Kolkata08:34 → 11:1710:5948 min10:5919 min23 Nov
Singapore11:04 → 13:4712:2748 min12:2748 min23 Nov
Sydney14:04 → 16:4712:170 min12:1848 min23 Nov
Suva15:04 → 17:4711:280 min11:2948 min23 Nov
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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