Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2065

Thursday 3 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 46 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 Wednesday 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

Midday of Thursday 3 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 13:18:18
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

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 14:32 on Wed 2 Dec to 13:18 on Thu 3 Dec.

    2065-12-02T06:31:49Z → 2065-12-03T05:18:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 2nd, 11:44–12:32 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 2779 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2065: Thursday 3 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2065 falls on Thursday 3 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 14:32 on Wed 2 Dec to 13:18 on Thu 3 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2065/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 3 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 3 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:32 → 21:1811:1948 min11:190 min2 Dec
Chicago00:32 → 23:1811:1648 min11:170 min2 Dec
Jersey City01:32 → 00:1811:2248 min11:220 min2 Dec
Port of Spain02:32 → 01:1811:3248 min11:320 min2 Dec
London06:32 → 05:1811:2648 min11:260 min2 Dec
Durban08:32 → 07:1811:2248 min11:220 min2 Dec
Dubai10:32 → 09:1811:4448 min11:450 min2 Dec
Delhi12:02 → 10:4811:4733 min11:470 min2 Dec
Kolkata12:02 → 10:4811:020 min11:020 min3 Dec
Singapore14:32 → 13:1812:300 min12:3148 min3 Dec
Sydney17:32 → 16:1812:210 min12:2148 min3 Dec
Suva18:32 → 17:1811:320 min11:3248 min3 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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