Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2010

Saturday 11 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 334 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 11 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 12 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

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 04:02 on Sat 11 Dec to 06:14 on Sun 12 Dec.

    2010-12-10T20:01:33Z → 2010-12-11T22:13:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:47–12:35 on the 11th, 11:48–12:36 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 20043 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2010: Saturday 11 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2010 falls on Saturday 11 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:02 on Sat 11 Dec to 06:14 on Sun 12 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2010/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 11 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 11 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 11 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/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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:02 → 14:1411:228 min11:2248 min10 Dec
Chicago14:02 → 16:1411:190 min11:2048 min11 Dec
Jersey City15:02 → 17:1411:250 min11:2648 min11 Dec
Port of Spain16:02 → 18:1411:350 min11:3548 min11 Dec
London20:02 → 22:1411:290 min11:3048 min11 Dec
Durban22:02 → 00:1411:250 min11:2548 min11 Dec
Dubai00:02 → 02:1411:470 min11:4848 min11 Dec
Delhi01:32 → 03:4411:500 min11:5048 min11 Dec
Kolkata01:32 → 03:4411:050 min11:0648 min11 Dec
Singapore04:02 → 06:1412:330 min12:3448 min11 Dec
Sydney07:02 → 09:1412:240 min12:2448 min11 Dec
Suva09:02 → 11:1412:350 min12:3548 min11 Dec
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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