Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2064

Saturday 13 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 168 minutes.

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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 Saturday 13 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 14 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

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 08:02 on Sat 13 Dec to 09:02 on Sun 14 Dec.

    2064-12-13T00:01:46Z → 2064-12-14T01:01:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 13th, 11:49–12:37 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 10050 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2064: Saturday 13 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2064 falls on Saturday 13 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 08:02 on Sat 13 Dec to 09:02 on Sun 14 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2064/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 13 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 13 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 13 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:02 → 17:0211:2448 min11:240 min13 Dec
Chicago18:02 → 19:0211:2148 min11:220 min13 Dec
Jersey City19:02 → 20:0211:2748 min11:270 min13 Dec
Port of Spain20:02 → 21:0211:3748 min11:370 min13 Dec
London00:02 → 01:0211:3148 min11:320 min13 Dec
Durban02:02 → 03:0211:2648 min11:270 min13 Dec
Dubai04:02 → 05:0211:4948 min11:500 min13 Dec
Delhi05:32 → 06:3211:5248 min11:520 min13 Dec
Kolkata05:32 → 06:3211:0748 min11:070 min13 Dec
Singapore08:02 → 09:0212:3548 min12:360 min13 Dec
Sydney11:02 → 12:0212:2648 min12:260 min13 Dec
Suva12:02 → 13:0211:3723 min11:3748 min13 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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