Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2057

Saturday 1 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 314 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 Saturday 1 December

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 Sunday 2 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

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 06:29 on Sat 1 Dec to 04:14 on Sun 2 Dec.

    2057-11-30T22:29:00Z → 2057-12-01T20:14:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 1st, 11:44–12:32 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 18849 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2057: Saturday 1 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2057 falls on Saturday 1 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 06:29 on Sat 1 Dec to 04:14 on Sun 2 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2057/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 1 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 1 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 1 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:29 → 12:1411:180 min11:1848 min1 Dec
Chicago16:29 → 14:1411:150 min11:1648 min1 Dec
Jersey City17:29 → 15:1411:210 min11:2148 min1 Dec
Port of Spain18:29 → 16:1411:310 min11:3148 min1 Dec
London22:29 → 20:1411:250 min11:2648 min1 Dec
Durban00:29 → 22:1411:210 min11:2148 min1 Dec
Dubai02:29 → 00:1411:430 min11:4448 min1 Dec
Delhi03:59 → 01:4411:460 min11:4648 min1 Dec
Kolkata03:59 → 01:4411:010 min11:0248 min1 Dec
Singapore06:29 → 04:1412:290 min12:3048 min1 Dec
Sydney09:29 → 07:1412:200 min12:2048 min1 Dec
Suva10:29 → 08:1411:310 min11:3148 min1 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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