Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2079

Wednesday 29 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 109 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 Wednesday 29 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 30 November

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 07:43 on Wed 29 Nov to 09:54 on Thu 30 Nov.

    2079-11-28T23:42:35Z → 2079-11-30T01:53:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 29th, 11:43–12:31 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 6543 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2079: Wednesday 29 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2079 falls on Wednesday 29 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 07:43 on Wed 29 Nov to 09:54 on Thu 30 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2079/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 29 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 29 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:43 → 17:5411:170 min11:180 min29 Nov
Chicago17:43 → 19:5411:150 min11:150 min29 Nov
Jersey City18:43 → 20:5411:200 min11:210 min29 Nov
Port of Spain19:43 → 21:5411:300 min11:310 min29 Nov
London23:43 → 01:5411:240 min11:250 min29 Nov
Durban01:43 → 03:5411:200 min11:210 min29 Nov
Dubai03:43 → 05:5411:430 min11:430 min29 Nov
Delhi05:13 → 07:2411:450 min11:460 min29 Nov
Kolkata05:13 → 07:2411:000 min11:010 min29 Nov
Singapore07:43 → 09:5412:290 min12:290 min29 Nov
Sydney10:43 → 12:5412:190 min12:2034 min29 Nov
Suva11:43 → 13:5411:300 min11:3148 min29 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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