Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2024

Saturday 7 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 63 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 6 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 7 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

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 14:38 on Fri 6 Dec to 13:37 on Sat 7 Dec.

    2024-12-06T06:38:17Z → 2024-12-07T05:36:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 6th, 11:46–12:34 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 3782 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2024: Saturday 7 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2024 falls on Saturday 7 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:38 on Fri 6 Dec to 13:37 on Sat 7 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2024/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 7 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 7 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:38 → 21:3711:2048 min11:210 min6 Dec
Chicago00:38 → 23:3711:1848 min11:180 min6 Dec
Jersey City01:38 → 00:3711:2448 min11:240 min6 Dec
Port of Spain02:38 → 01:3711:3348 min11:340 min6 Dec
London06:38 → 05:3711:2848 min11:280 min6 Dec
Durban08:38 → 07:3711:2348 min11:240 min6 Dec
Dubai10:38 → 09:3711:4648 min11:460 min6 Dec
Delhi12:08 → 11:0711:4828 min11:490 min6 Dec
Kolkata12:08 → 11:0711:040 min11:043 min7 Dec
Singapore14:38 → 13:3712:320 min12:3248 min7 Dec
Sydney17:38 → 16:3712:220 min12:2348 min7 Dec
Suva18:38 → 17:3711:330 min11:3448 min7 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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