Midday of Tuesday 6 December
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:07 11:55 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:02:47
10:1910:4311:0711:3111:5512:1912:43
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2005
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 03 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 6 December
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 7 December
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:03 on Tue 6 Dec to 08:42 on Wed 7 Dec.
2005-12-06T03:02:48Z → 2005-12-07T00:41:33Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:07–11:55 on the 6th, 11:07–11:55 on the 7th.
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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 243 s < 300 s
Ruling
Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Daqing, 2005: Tuesday 6 December.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2005 falls on Tuesday 6 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:03 on Tue 6 Dec to 08:42 on Wed 7 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 4 min 03 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 6 Dec |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 6 Dec |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 6 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 6th | Covered | Madhyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:03 → 16:42 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Chicago | 21:03 → 18:42 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Jersey City | 22:03 → 19:42 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Port of Spain | 23:03 → 20:42 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:34 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| London | 03:03 → 00:42 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Durban | 05:03 → 02:42 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Dubai | 07:03 → 04:42 | 11:46 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Delhi | 08:33 → 06:12 | 11:48 | 48 min | 11:48 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Kolkata | 08:33 → 06:12 | 11:04 | 48 min | 11:04 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Singapore | 11:03 → 08:42 | 12:32 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 6 Dec |
| Sydney | 14:03 → 11:42 | 12:22 | 0 min | 12:23 | 0 min | 7 Dec |
| Suva | 15:03 → 12:42 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:34 | 48 min | 7 Dec |