Midday of Sunday 4 December
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:55 12:43 madhyāhna ends
Ṣaṣṭhī begins 11:51:58
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 1921
Boundaryin Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 33 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 4 December
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 5 December
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:52 on Sun 4 Dec to 14:22 on Mon 5 Dec.
1921-12-04T18:51:58Z → 1921-12-05T21:22:24Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 4th, 11:55–12:43 on the 5th.
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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.
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 153 s < 300 s
Ruling
Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Phoenix, 1921: Sunday 4 December.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Phoenix, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 1921 falls on Sunday 4 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 11:52 on Sun 4 Dec to 14:22 on Mon 5 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. It is 2 min 33 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 4 Dec |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 4 Dec |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 4 Dec |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix. | ||
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 4th | Covered | Madhyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:52 → 13:22 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 4 Dec |
| Chicago | 12:52 → 15:22 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 5 Dec |
| Jersey City | 13:52 → 16:22 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 5 Dec |
| Port of Spain | 14:52 → 17:22 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 5 Dec |
| London | 18:52 → 21:22 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 5 Dec |
| Durban | 20:52 → 23:22 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 5 Dec |
| Dubai | 22:52 → 01:22 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 5 Dec |
| Delhi | 00:22 → 02:52 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 5 Dec |
| Kolkata | 00:22 → 02:52 | 11:03 | 0 min | 11:03 | 48 min | 5 Dec |
| Singapore | 01:52 → 04:22 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 5 Dec |
| Sydney | 04:52 → 07:22 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 5 Dec |
| Suva | 06:52 → 09:22 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 5 Dec |