Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2068

Friday 30 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 389 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 Friday 30 November

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 Saturday 1 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

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 05:14 on Fri 30 Nov to 03:56 on Sat 1 Dec.

    2068-11-29T21:14:18Z → 2068-11-30T19:55:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 30th, 11:43–12:31 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 23318 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2068: Friday 30 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2068 falls on Friday 30 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 05:14 on Fri 30 Nov to 03:56 on Sat 1 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 30 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 30 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:14 → 11:5611:180 min11:1838 min30 Nov
Chicago15:14 → 13:5611:150 min11:1648 min30 Nov
Jersey City16:14 → 14:5611:210 min11:2148 min30 Nov
Port of Spain17:14 → 15:5611:310 min11:3148 min30 Nov
London21:14 → 19:5611:250 min11:2548 min30 Nov
Durban23:14 → 21:5611:210 min11:2148 min30 Nov
Dubai01:14 → 23:5611:430 min11:4448 min30 Nov
Delhi02:44 → 01:2611:460 min11:4648 min30 Nov
Kolkata02:44 → 01:2611:010 min11:0148 min30 Nov
Singapore05:14 → 03:5612:290 min12:3048 min30 Nov
Sydney08:14 → 06:5612:200 min12:2048 min30 Nov
Suva09:14 → 07:5611:310 min11:3148 min30 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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