Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2049

Tuesday 30 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 619 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Tuesday 30 November

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 Wednesday 1 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 01:23 on Tue 30 Nov to 22:56 on Tue 30 Nov.

    2049-11-29T17:23:25Z → 2049-11-30T14:55:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 30th, 11:43–12:31 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 37159 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2049: Tuesday 30 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2049 falls on Tuesday 30 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:23 on Tue 30 Nov to 22:56 on Tue 30 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2049/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 30 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 30 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:23 → 06:5611:1748 min11:180 min29 Nov
Chicago11:23 → 08:5611:1540 min11:150 min29 Nov
Jersey City12:23 → 09:5611:210 min11:210 min30 Nov
Port of Spain13:23 → 10:5611:310 min11:310 min30 Nov
London17:23 → 14:5611:250 min11:2548 min30 Nov
Durban19:23 → 16:5611:200 min11:2148 min30 Nov
Dubai21:23 → 18:5611:430 min11:4348 min30 Nov
Delhi22:53 → 20:2611:450 min11:4648 min30 Nov
Kolkata22:53 → 20:2611:010 min11:0148 min30 Nov
Singapore01:23 → 22:5612:290 min12:2948 min30 Nov
Sydney04:23 → 01:5612:200 min12:2048 min30 Nov
Suva05:23 → 02:5611:310 min11:3148 min30 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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