Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2004

Friday 17 December

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 minutes.

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MultanDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 16 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 17 December

Taken. Ṣaṣṭhī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī ends 11:27:25
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

0 of 48 minutes covered

Ṣaṣṭhī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:33 on Thu 16 Dec to 11:27 on Fri 17 Dec.

    2004-12-16T08:33:00Z → 2004-12-17T06:27:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 16th, 11:46–12:34 on the 17th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 1132 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Multan, 2004: Friday 17 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2004 falls on Friday 17 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:33 on Thu 16 Dec to 11:27 on Fri 17 Dec, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2004/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 17 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 17 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 17 Dec
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/skanda-shashthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Mārgaśīrṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMadhyāhna 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:33 → 22:2711:2548 min11:250 min16 Dec
Chicago02:33 → 00:2711:2348 min11:230 min16 Dec
Jersey City03:33 → 01:2711:2848 min11:290 min16 Dec
Port of Spain04:33 → 02:2711:3848 min11:380 min16 Dec
London08:33 → 06:2711:3248 min11:330 min16 Dec
Durban10:33 → 08:2711:2848 min11:280 min16 Dec
Dubai12:33 → 10:2711:516 min11:510 min16 Dec
Delhi14:03 → 11:5711:530 min11:534 min17 Dec
Kolkata14:03 → 11:5711:080 min11:0948 min17 Dec
Singapore16:33 → 14:2712:360 min12:3748 min17 Dec
Sydney19:33 → 17:2712:270 min12:2748 min17 Dec
Suva20:33 → 18:2711:380 min11:3848 min17 Dec
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
skanda-shashthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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