Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2072

Thursday 15 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 361 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 15 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 16 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

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 03:27 on Thu 15 Dec to 05:49 on Fri 16 Dec.

    2072-12-14T19:27:09Z → 2072-12-15T21:49:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:50–12:38 on the 15th, 11:50–12:38 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 21651 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2072: Thursday 15 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2072 falls on Thursday 15 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 03:27 on Thu 15 Dec to 05:49 on Fri 16 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2072/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 15 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 15 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:27 → 13:4911:2445 min11:2548 min14 Dec
Chicago13:27 → 15:4911:220 min11:2248 min15 Dec
Jersey City14:27 → 16:4911:270 min11:2848 min15 Dec
Port of Spain15:27 → 17:4911:370 min11:3848 min15 Dec
London19:27 → 21:4911:320 min11:3248 min15 Dec
Durban21:27 → 23:4911:270 min11:2748 min15 Dec
Dubai23:27 → 01:4911:500 min11:5048 min15 Dec
Delhi00:57 → 03:1911:520 min11:5348 min15 Dec
Kolkata00:57 → 03:1911:080 min11:0848 min15 Dec
Singapore03:27 → 05:4912:360 min12:3648 min15 Dec
Sydney06:27 → 08:4912:260 min12:2748 min15 Dec
Suva07:27 → 09:4911:370 min11:3848 min15 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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