Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2043

Monday 7 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 55 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 7 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 8 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 09:39 on Mon 7 Dec to 10:51 on Tue 8 Dec.

    2043-12-07T01:38:53Z → 2043-12-08T02:50:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 7th, 11:46–12:34 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 3290 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2043: Monday 7 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2043 falls on Monday 7 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:39 on Mon 7 Dec to 10:51 on Tue 8 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2043/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 7 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 7 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:39 → 18:5111:2048 min11:210 min7 Dec
Chicago19:39 → 20:5111:1848 min11:180 min7 Dec
Jersey City20:39 → 21:5111:2448 min11:240 min7 Dec
Port of Spain21:39 → 22:5111:3448 min11:340 min7 Dec
London01:39 → 02:5111:2848 min11:280 min7 Dec
Durban03:39 → 04:5111:2348 min11:240 min7 Dec
Dubai05:39 → 06:5111:4648 min11:460 min7 Dec
Delhi07:09 → 08:2111:4848 min11:490 min7 Dec
Kolkata07:09 → 08:2111:0448 min11:040 min7 Dec
Singapore09:39 → 10:5112:3248 min12:320 min7 Dec
Sydney12:39 → 13:5112:2232 min12:2348 min7 Dec
Suva13:39 → 14:5111:340 min11:3448 min8 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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