Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2022

Tuesday 29 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 65 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 Monday 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

Midday of Tuesday 29 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

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 16:06 on Mon 28 Nov to 13:35 on Tue 29 Nov.

    2022-11-28T08:05:40Z → 2022-11-29T05:34:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 28th, 11:42–12:30 on the 29th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 3881 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2022: Tuesday 29 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2022 falls on Tuesday 29 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 16:06 on Mon 28 Nov to 13:35 on Tue 29 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2022/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 29 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 29 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 29 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/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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:06 → 21:3511:1748 min11:170 min28 Nov
Chicago02:06 → 23:3511:1448 min11:150 min28 Nov
Jersey City03:06 → 00:3511:2048 min11:210 min28 Nov
Port of Spain04:06 → 01:3511:3048 min11:300 min28 Nov
London08:06 → 05:3511:2448 min11:250 min28 Nov
Durban10:06 → 07:3511:2048 min11:200 min28 Nov
Dubai12:06 → 09:3511:4325 min11:430 min28 Nov
Delhi13:36 → 11:0511:450 min11:450 min29 Nov
Kolkata13:36 → 11:0511:000 min11:014 min29 Nov
Singapore16:06 → 13:3512:280 min12:2948 min29 Nov
Sydney19:06 → 16:3512:190 min12:1948 min29 Nov
Suva20:06 → 17:3511:300 min11:3048 min29 Nov
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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