Ruling · Campā Ṣaṣṭhī · 2098

Saturday 29 November

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 41 s away. Say “contested”.

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 Friday 28 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:40:36
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 29 November

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

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

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 11:41 on Fri 28 Nov to 14:02 on Sat 29 Nov.

    2098-11-28T03:40:36Z → 2098-11-29T06:02:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 28th, 11:43–12:31 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 101 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Campā Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2098: Saturday 29 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Campā Ṣaṣṭhī 2098 falls on Saturday 29 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:41 on Fri 28 Nov to 14:02 on Sat 29 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 1 min 41 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2098/champa-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 29 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 29 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 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/champa-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Mārgaśīrṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second 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 row calls the day special with Śatabhiṣaj nakṣatra, Vyatīpāta yoga and a Sunday; none is tested.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMadhyāhna 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:41 → 22:0211:1748 min11:180 min28 Nov
Chicago21:41 → 00:0211:1548 min11:150 min28 Nov
Jersey City22:41 → 01:0211:2148 min11:210 min28 Nov
Port of Spain23:41 → 02:0211:3048 min11:310 min28 Nov
London03:41 → 06:0211:2548 min11:250 min28 Nov
Durban05:41 → 08:0211:2048 min11:210 min28 Nov
Dubai07:41 → 10:0211:4348 min11:430 min28 Nov
Delhi09:11 → 11:3211:4548 min11:460 min28 Nov
Kolkata09:11 → 11:3211:0148 min11:0131 min29 Nov
Singapore11:41 → 14:0212:2948 min12:2948 min29 Nov
Sydney14:41 → 17:0212:200 min12:2048 min29 Nov
Suva15:41 → 18:0211:310 min11:3148 min29 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
champa-shashthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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