Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2063

Monday 26 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 48 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 Sunday 25 November

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 13:16:28
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 26 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

48 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 13:16 on Sun 25 Nov to 15:13 on Mon 26 Nov.

    2063-11-25T05:16:29Z → 2063-11-26T07:13:27Z

  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 0 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 2852 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2063: Monday 26 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2063 falls on Monday 26 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:16 on Sun 25 Nov to 15:13 on Mon 26 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2063/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 26 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 26 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 26 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 Angeles21:16 → 23:1311:1648 min11:160 min25 Nov
Chicago23:16 → 01:1311:1448 min11:140 min25 Nov
Jersey City00:16 → 02:1311:1948 min11:200 min25 Nov
Port of Spain01:16 → 03:1311:2948 min11:290 min25 Nov
London05:16 → 07:1311:2348 min11:240 min25 Nov
Durban07:16 → 09:1311:1948 min11:190 min25 Nov
Dubai09:16 → 11:1311:4248 min11:420 min25 Nov
Delhi10:46 → 12:4311:4448 min11:4448 min25 Nov
Kolkata10:46 → 12:4310:5948 min11:0048 min25 Nov
Singapore13:16 → 15:1312:280 min12:2848 min26 Nov
Sydney16:16 → 18:1312:180 min12:1948 min26 Nov
Suva17:16 → 19:1311:290 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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