Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2071

Friday 27 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 46 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 Friday 27 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 28 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 13:15:38
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

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 10:36 on Fri 27 Nov to 13:16 on Sat 28 Nov.

    2071-11-27T02:36:28Z → 2071-11-28T05:15:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 27th, 11:42–12:30 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 2740 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2071: Friday 27 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2071 falls on Friday 27 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:36 on Fri 27 Nov to 13:16 on Sat 28 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2071/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 27 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 27 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 27 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:36 → 21:1611:1748 min11:170 min27 Nov
Chicago20:36 → 23:1611:1448 min11:150 min27 Nov
Jersey City21:36 → 00:1611:2048 min11:200 min27 Nov
Port of Spain22:36 → 01:1611:3048 min11:300 min27 Nov
London02:36 → 05:1611:2448 min11:240 min27 Nov
Durban04:36 → 07:1611:2048 min11:200 min27 Nov
Dubai06:36 → 09:1611:4248 min11:430 min27 Nov
Delhi08:06 → 10:4611:4548 min11:450 min27 Nov
Kolkata08:06 → 10:4611:0048 min11:000 min27 Nov
Singapore10:36 → 13:1612:2848 min12:2947 min27 Nov
Sydney13:36 → 16:1612:190 min12:1948 min28 Nov
Suva14:36 → 17:1611:300 min11:3048 min28 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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