Midday of Friday 28 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:03 11:51 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:04:27
10:1510:3911:0311:2711:5112:1512:39
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1919
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 59 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.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Midday of Saturday 29 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:04 on Fri 28 Nov to 12:15 on Sat 29 Nov.
1919-11-28T03:04:28Z → 1919-11-29T04:15:10Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:03–11:51 on the 28th, 11:04–11:52 on the 29th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 47 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 59 s < 300 s
Ruling
Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Daqing, 1919: Friday 28 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1919 falls on Friday 28 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:04 on Fri 28 Nov to 12:15 on Sat 29 Nov and covers 47 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 0 min 59 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 Daqing. | ||
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 | 19:04 → 20:15 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Chicago | 21:04 → 22:15 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Jersey City | 22:04 → 23:15 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 23:04 → 00:15 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| London | 03:04 → 04:15 | 11:24 | 48 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Durban | 05:04 → 06:15 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Dubai | 06:45 → 07:56 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Delhi | 08:34 → 09:45 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Kolkata | 08:34 → 09:45 | 11:00 | 48 min | 11:00 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Singapore | 10:04 → 11:15 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Sydney | 13:04 → 14:15 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 29 Nov |
| Suva | 15:04 → 16:15 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 29 Nov |