Ruling · Campā Ṣaṣṭhī · 2014

Thursday 27 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 13 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 Thursday 27 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:28:18
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 28 November

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

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 11:28 on Thu 27 Nov to 09:16 on Fri 28 Nov.

    2014-11-27T03:28:18Z → 2014-11-28T01:16:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 27th, 11:42–12:30 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 792 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Campā Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2014: Thursday 27 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Campā Ṣaṣṭhī 2014 falls on Thursday 27 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:28 on Thu 27 Nov to 09:16 on Fri 28 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/champa-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 27 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 27 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 27 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:28 → 17:1611:1748 min11:170 min27 Nov
Chicago21:28 → 19:1611:1448 min11:140 min27 Nov
Jersey City22:28 → 20:1611:2048 min11:200 min27 Nov
Port of Spain23:28 → 21:1611:3048 min11:300 min27 Nov
London03:28 → 01:1611:2448 min11:240 min27 Nov
Durban05:28 → 03:1611:2048 min11:200 min27 Nov
Dubai07:28 → 05:1611:4248 min11:430 min27 Nov
Delhi08:58 → 06:4611:4548 min11:450 min27 Nov
Kolkata08:58 → 06:4611:0048 min11:000 min27 Nov
Singapore11:28 → 09:1612:2848 min12:280 min27 Nov
Sydney14:28 → 12:1612:190 min12:190 min28 Nov
Suva16:28 → 14:1612:300 min12:3048 min28 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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