Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2026

Tuesday 15 December

Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 468 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 15 December

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 16 December

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

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 01:47 on Tue 15 Dec to 03:50 on Wed 16 Dec.

    2026-12-14T13:46:33Z → 2026-12-15T15:49:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:37–12:25 on the 15th, 11:38–12:26 on the 16th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Ṣaṣṭhī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 28067 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Suva, 2026: Tuesday 15 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Suva, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2026 falls on Tuesday 15 December. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 01:47 on Tue 15 Dec to 03:50 on Wed 16 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/suva/festivals/2026/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 15 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 15 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 15 Dec
No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva.

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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:47 → 07:5011:2448 min11:240 min14 Dec
Chicago07:47 → 09:5011:2148 min11:220 min14 Dec
Jersey City08:47 → 10:5011:2748 min11:270 min14 Dec
Port of Spain09:47 → 11:5011:3748 min11:3713 min14 Dec
London13:47 → 15:5011:310 min11:3248 min15 Dec
Durban15:47 → 17:5011:270 min11:2748 min15 Dec
Dubai17:47 → 19:5011:490 min11:5048 min15 Dec
Delhi19:17 → 21:2011:520 min11:5248 min15 Dec
Kolkata19:17 → 21:2011:070 min11:0848 min15 Dec
Singapore21:47 → 23:5012:350 min12:3648 min15 Dec
Sydney00:47 → 02:5012:260 min12:2648 min15 Dec
Suva01:47 → 03:5011:370 min11:3748 min15 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