Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2036

Sunday 23 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 17 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 Sunday 23 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:56:57
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

32 of 48 minutes covered, the last 32

Midday of Monday 24 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

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 11:57 on Sun 23 Nov to 14:26 on Mon 24 Nov.

    2036-11-23T03:56:57Z → 2036-11-24T06:25:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 23rd, 11:41–12:29 on the 24th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 32 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 990 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2036: Sunday 23 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2036 falls on Sunday 23 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:57 on Sun 23 Nov to 14:26 on Mon 24 Nov and covers 32 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2036/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 23 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 23 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 23 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:57 → 22:2611:1548 min11:160 min23 Nov
Chicago21:57 → 00:2611:1348 min11:130 min23 Nov
Jersey City22:57 → 01:2611:1948 min11:190 min23 Nov
Port of Spain23:57 → 02:2611:2948 min11:290 min23 Nov
London03:57 → 06:2611:2348 min11:230 min23 Nov
Durban05:57 → 08:2611:1948 min11:190 min23 Nov
Dubai07:57 → 10:2611:4148 min11:410 min23 Nov
Delhi09:27 → 11:5611:4348 min11:4412 min23 Nov
Kolkata09:27 → 11:5610:5948 min10:5948 min23 Nov
Singapore11:57 → 14:2612:2748 min12:2748 min23 Nov
Sydney14:57 → 17:2612:180 min12:1848 min24 Nov
Suva15:57 → 18:2611:290 min11:2948 min24 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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