Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2033

Monday 28 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 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 Sunday 27 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 Monday 28 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 12:53:36
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 13:25 on Sun 27 Nov to 12:54 on Mon 28 Nov.

    2033-11-27T05:25:20Z → 2033-11-28T04:53:37Z

  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 0 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 48 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: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 1420 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2033: Monday 28 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2033 falls on Monday 28 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:25 on Sun 27 Nov to 12:54 on Mon 28 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2033/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 28 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 28 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:25 → 20:5411:1748 min11:170 min27 Nov
Chicago23:25 → 22:5411:1448 min11:150 min27 Nov
Jersey City00:25 → 23:5411:2048 min11:200 min27 Nov
Port of Spain01:25 → 00:5411:3048 min11:300 min27 Nov
London05:25 → 04:5411:2448 min11:240 min27 Nov
Durban07:25 → 06:5411:2048 min11:200 min27 Nov
Dubai09:25 → 08:5411:4248 min11:430 min27 Nov
Delhi10:55 → 10:2411:4548 min11:450 min27 Nov
Kolkata10:55 → 10:2411:0048 min11:000 min27 Nov
Singapore13:25 → 12:5412:280 min12:2925 min28 Nov
Sydney16:25 → 15:5412:190 min12:1948 min28 Nov
Suva17:25 → 16:5411:300 min11:3048 min28 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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