Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2038

Wednesday 1 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 177 minutes.

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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 Wednesday 1 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 2 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

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 08:46 on Wed 1 Dec to 08:10 on Thu 2 Dec.

    2038-12-01T00:45:50Z → 2038-12-02T00:10:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 1st, 11:43–12:31 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 10627 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2038: Wednesday 1 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2038 falls on Wednesday 1 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 08:46 on Wed 1 Dec to 08:10 on Thu 2 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2038/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 1 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 1 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 1 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:46 → 16:1011:1848 min11:180 min1 Dec
Chicago18:46 → 18:1011:1648 min11:160 min1 Dec
Jersey City19:46 → 19:1011:2148 min11:220 min1 Dec
Port of Spain20:46 → 20:1011:3148 min11:320 min1 Dec
London00:46 → 00:1011:2548 min11:260 min1 Dec
Durban02:46 → 02:1011:2148 min11:210 min1 Dec
Dubai04:46 → 04:1011:4448 min11:440 min1 Dec
Delhi06:16 → 05:4011:4648 min11:460 min1 Dec
Kolkata06:16 → 05:4011:0148 min11:020 min1 Dec
Singapore08:46 → 08:1012:3048 min12:300 min1 Dec
Sydney11:46 → 11:1012:2048 min12:210 min1 Dec
Suva12:46 → 12:1011:310 min11:3239 min2 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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