Midday of Sunday 22 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:02 11:50 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:03:59
10:1410:3811:0211:2611:5012:1412:38
46 of 48 minutes covered, the last 46
Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2009
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 07 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 22 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
46 of 48 minutes covered, the last 46
Midday of Monday 23 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:04 on Sun 22 Nov to 13:47 on Mon 23 Nov.
2009-11-22T03:04:00Z → 2009-11-23T05:47:26Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:02–11:50 on the 22nd, 11:02–11:50 on the 23rd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 46 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.
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 127 s < 300 s
Ruling
Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Daqing, 2009: Sunday 22 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2009 falls on Sunday 22 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:04 on Sun 22 Nov to 13:47 on Mon 23 Nov and covers 46 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 2 min 07 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 22 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 22 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 22 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 22nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:04 → 21:47 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Chicago | 21:04 → 23:47 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Jersey City | 22:04 → 00:47 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 23:04 → 01:47 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| London | 03:04 → 05:47 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Durban | 05:04 → 07:47 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Dubai | 07:04 → 09:47 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Delhi | 08:34 → 11:17 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Kolkata | 08:34 → 11:17 | 10:59 | 48 min | 10:59 | 19 min | 22 Nov |
| Singapore | 11:04 → 13:47 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:27 | 48 min | 22 Nov |
| Sydney | 14:04 → 16:47 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:18 | 48 min | 23 Nov |
| Suva | 15:04 → 17:47 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 23 Nov |