Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2044

Friday 25 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 Friday 25 November

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

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 26 November

Qualifies with 31 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 12:12:43
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

31 of 48 minutes covered, the first 31

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:33 on Fri 25 Nov to 12:13 on Sat 26 Nov.

    2044-11-25T01:32:56Z → 2044-11-26T04:12:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 25th, 11:41–12:29 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 31 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 1000 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2044: Friday 25 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2044 falls on Friday 25 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:33 on Fri 25 Nov to 12:13 on Sat 26 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 31 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2044/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 25 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 25 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 25 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:33 → 20:1311:1648 min11:160 min25 Nov
Chicago19:33 → 22:1311:1448 min11:140 min25 Nov
Jersey City20:33 → 23:1311:1948 min11:200 min25 Nov
Port of Spain21:33 → 00:1311:2948 min11:300 min25 Nov
London01:33 → 04:1311:2348 min11:240 min25 Nov
Durban03:33 → 06:1311:1948 min11:190 min25 Nov
Dubai05:33 → 08:1311:4248 min11:420 min25 Nov
Delhi07:03 → 09:4311:4448 min11:440 min25 Nov
Kolkata07:03 → 09:4311:0048 min11:000 min25 Nov
Singapore09:33 → 12:1312:2848 min12:280 min25 Nov
Sydney12:33 → 15:1312:1833 min12:1948 min25 Nov
Suva13:33 → 16:1311:290 min11:3048 min26 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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