Midday of Thursday 20 December
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:13 12:01 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 10:41:07
10:2510:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:49
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2001
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 32 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 20 December
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 21 December
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:41 on Thu 20 Dec to 13:09 on Fri 21 Dec.
2001-12-20T02:41:08Z → 2001-12-21T05:09:28Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:13–12:01 on the 20th, 11:14–12:02 on the 21st.
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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.
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 1940 s
Ruling
Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Daqing, 2001: Thursday 20 December.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2001 falls on Thursday 20 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 10:41 on Thu 20 Dec to 13:09 on Fri 21 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 | Thu 20 Dec |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 20 Dec |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 20 Dec |
| 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 20th | Covered | Madhyāhna 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:41 → 21:09 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 20 Dec |
| Chicago | 20:41 → 23:09 | 11:24 | 48 min | 11:25 | 0 min | 20 Dec |
| Jersey City | 21:41 → 00:09 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 20 Dec |
| Port of Spain | 22:41 → 01:09 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:40 | 0 min | 20 Dec |
| London | 02:41 → 05:09 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:35 | 0 min | 20 Dec |
| Durban | 04:41 → 07:09 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 20 Dec |
| Dubai | 06:41 → 09:09 | 11:52 | 48 min | 11:53 | 0 min | 20 Dec |
| Delhi | 08:11 → 10:39 | 11:55 | 48 min | 11:55 | 0 min | 20 Dec |
| Kolkata | 08:11 → 10:39 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 20 Dec |
| Singapore | 10:41 → 13:09 | 12:38 | 48 min | 12:39 | 31 min | 20 Dec |
| Sydney | 13:41 → 16:09 | 12:29 | 0 min | 12:29 | 48 min | 21 Dec |
| Suva | 14:41 → 17:09 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 21 Dec |