Midday of Wednesday 2 December
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:51 12:39 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:30:23
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1981
Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 7 min 56 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 2 December
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 3 December
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:30 on Wed 2 Dec to 12:47 on Thu 3 Dec.
1981-12-02T02:30:23Z → 1981-12-03T03:47:07Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 2nd, 11:51–12:39 on the 3rd.
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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.
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 476 s
Ruling
Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Daegu, 1981: Wednesday 2 December.
confidence: determinate
In Daegu, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1981 falls on Wednesday 2 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:30 on Wed 2 Dec to 12:47 on Thu 3 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 2 Dec |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 2 Dec |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 2 Dec |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu. | ||
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 2nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:30 → 19:47 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Chicago | 20:30 → 21:47 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Jersey City | 21:30 → 22:47 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Port of Spain | 22:30 → 23:47 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:32 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| London | 02:30 → 03:47 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Durban | 04:30 → 05:47 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Dubai | 06:30 → 07:47 | 11:44 | 48 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Delhi | 08:00 → 09:17 | 11:46 | 48 min | 11:47 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Kolkata | 08:00 → 09:17 | 11:02 | 48 min | 11:02 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Singapore | 10:00 → 11:17 | 12:00 | 48 min | 12:00 | 0 min | 2 Dec |
| Sydney | 13:30 → 14:47 | 12:21 | 0 min | 12:21 | 48 min | 3 Dec |
| Suva | 14:30 → 15:47 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 3 Dec |