Midday of Friday 28 November
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:38 12:26 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 12:23:41
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14
2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2
Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2003
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 03 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 28 November
Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.
2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2
Midday of Saturday 29 November
Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:24 on Fri 28 Nov to 10:57 on Sat 29 Nov.
2003-11-28T07:23:42Z → 2003-11-29T05:56:41Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 28th, 11:38–12:26 on the 29th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 2 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.
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 123 s < 300 s
Ruling
Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Multan, 2003: Friday 28 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Multan, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2003 falls on Friday 28 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 12:24 on Fri 28 Nov to 10:57 on Sat 29 Nov and covers 2 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 2 min 03 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 Multan. | ||
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 | 23:24 → 21:57 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Chicago | 01:24 → 23:57 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Jersey City | 02:24 → 00:57 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 03:24 → 01:57 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| London | 07:24 → 05:57 | 11:24 | 48 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Durban | 09:24 → 07:57 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Dubai | 11:24 → 09:57 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 28 Nov |
| Delhi | 12:54 → 11:27 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 29 Nov |
| Kolkata | 12:54 → 11:27 | 11:00 | 0 min | 11:01 | 26 min | 29 Nov |
| Singapore | 15:24 → 13:57 | 12:28 | 0 min | 12:29 | 48 min | 29 Nov |
| Sydney | 18:24 → 16:57 | 12:19 | 0 min | 12:19 | 48 min | 29 Nov |
| Suva | 19:24 → 17:57 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 29 Nov |