Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2078

Saturday 10 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 433 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 10 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 11 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

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 04:18 on Sat 10 Dec to 04:34 on Sun 11 Dec.

    2078-12-09T20:18:21Z → 2078-12-10T20:34:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:47–12:35 on the 10th, 11:47–12:35 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 25979 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2078: Saturday 10 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2078 falls on Saturday 10 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 04:18 on Sat 10 Dec to 04:34 on Sun 11 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2078/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 10 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 10 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:18 → 12:3411:220 min11:2248 min10 Dec
Chicago14:18 → 14:3411:190 min11:2048 min10 Dec
Jersey City15:18 → 15:3411:250 min11:2548 min10 Dec
Port of Spain16:18 → 16:3411:350 min11:3548 min10 Dec
London20:18 → 20:3411:290 min11:2948 min10 Dec
Durban22:18 → 22:3411:250 min11:2548 min10 Dec
Dubai00:18 → 00:3411:470 min11:4848 min10 Dec
Delhi01:48 → 02:0411:500 min11:5048 min10 Dec
Kolkata01:48 → 02:0411:050 min11:0548 min10 Dec
Singapore04:18 → 04:3412:330 min12:3448 min10 Dec
Sydney07:18 → 07:3412:240 min12:2448 min10 Dec
Suva08:18 → 08:3411:350 min11:3548 min10 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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