Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2085

Thursday 22 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 41 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Thursday 22 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 10:59:29
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 23 November

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

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 10:59 on Thu 22 Nov to 09:08 on Fri 23 Nov.

    2085-11-22T02:59:30Z → 2085-11-23T01:07:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 22nd, 11:41–12:29 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 2453 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2085: Thursday 22 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2085 falls on Thursday 22 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:59 on Thu 22 Nov to 09:08 on Fri 23 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2085/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 22 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 22 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 22 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:59 → 17:0811:1548 min11:160 min22 Nov
Chicago20:59 → 19:0811:1348 min11:130 min22 Nov
Jersey City21:59 → 20:0811:1948 min11:190 min22 Nov
Port of Spain22:59 → 21:0811:2948 min11:290 min22 Nov
London02:59 → 01:0811:2348 min11:230 min22 Nov
Durban04:59 → 03:0811:1948 min11:190 min22 Nov
Dubai06:59 → 05:0811:4148 min11:410 min22 Nov
Delhi08:29 → 06:3811:4348 min11:440 min22 Nov
Kolkata08:29 → 06:3810:5948 min10:590 min22 Nov
Singapore10:59 → 09:0812:2748 min12:270 min22 Nov
Sydney13:59 → 12:0812:180 min12:180 min23 Nov
Suva14:59 → 13:0811:290 min11:2948 min23 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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