Midday of Friday 28 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
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
Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2098
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 41 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 28 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 29 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
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
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′
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
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 101 s < 300 s
Ruling
Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Baoding, 2098: Friday 28 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2098 falls on Friday 28 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 next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 1 min 41 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 28 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 28 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 28 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/skanda-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Ṣaṣṭhī | Madhyāhna 28th | Covered | Madhyāhna 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:41 → 22:02 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Chicago | 21:41 → 00:02 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Jersey City | 22:41 → 01:02 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 23:41 → 02:02 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| London | 03:41 → 06:02 | 11:25 | 48 min | 11:25 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Durban | 05:41 → 08:02 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Dubai | 07:41 → 10:02 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Delhi | 09:11 → 11:32 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Kolkata | 09:11 → 11:32 | 11:01 | 48 min | 11:01 | 31 min | 28 Nov |
| Singapore | 11:41 → 14:02 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 48 min | 28 Nov |
| Sydney | 14:41 → 17:02 | 12:20 | 0 min | 12:20 | 48 min | 29 Nov |
| Suva | 15:41 → 18:02 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 29 Nov |