Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2053

Tuesday 16 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 572 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 Tuesday 16 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 17 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

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 23:47 on Mon 15 Dec to 02:19 on Wed 17 Dec.

    2053-12-15T15:47:23Z → 2053-12-16T18:18:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:50–12:38 on the 16th, 11:50–12:38 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 34296 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2053: Tuesday 16 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2053 falls on Tuesday 16 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 23:47 on Mon 15 Dec to 02:19 on Wed 17 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2053/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:47 → 10:1911:2448 min11:250 min15 Dec
Chicago09:47 → 12:1911:2248 min11:2348 min15 Dec
Jersey City10:47 → 13:1911:2848 min11:2848 min15 Dec
Port of Spain11:47 → 14:1911:3838 min11:3848 min15 Dec
London15:47 → 18:1911:320 min11:3248 min16 Dec
Durban17:47 → 20:1911:270 min11:2848 min16 Dec
Dubai19:47 → 22:1911:500 min11:5148 min16 Dec
Delhi21:17 → 23:4911:520 min11:5348 min16 Dec
Kolkata21:17 → 23:4911:080 min11:0848 min16 Dec
Singapore23:47 → 02:1912:360 min12:3648 min16 Dec
Sydney02:47 → 05:1912:260 min12:2748 min16 Dec
Suva03:47 → 06:1911:370 min11:3848 min16 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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