Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2047

Friday 22 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 336 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Friday 22 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 23 November

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 06:04 on Fri 22 Nov to 04:56 on Sat 23 Nov.

    2047-11-21T22:04:07Z → 2047-11-22T20:55:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 22nd, 11:40–12:28 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 20153 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2047: Friday 22 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2047 falls on Friday 22 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 06:04 on Fri 22 Nov to 04:56 on Sat 23 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2047/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 22 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 22 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:04 → 12:5611:150 min11:1548 min22 Nov
Chicago16:04 → 14:5611:120 min11:1348 min22 Nov
Jersey City17:04 → 15:5611:180 min11:1848 min22 Nov
Port of Spain18:04 → 16:5611:280 min11:2848 min22 Nov
London22:04 → 20:5611:220 min11:2248 min22 Nov
Durban00:04 → 22:5611:180 min11:1848 min22 Nov
Dubai02:04 → 00:5611:400 min11:4148 min22 Nov
Delhi03:34 → 02:2611:430 min11:4348 min22 Nov
Kolkata03:34 → 02:2610:580 min10:5848 min22 Nov
Singapore06:04 → 04:5612:260 min12:2748 min22 Nov
Sydney09:04 → 07:5612:170 min12:1748 min22 Nov
Suva10:04 → 08:5611:280 min11:2848 min22 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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