Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha) · 2027

Wednesday 9 June

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 146 minutes.

Decide it for

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23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 9 June

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 10 June

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

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 09:36 on Wed 9 Jun to 07:12 on Thu 10 Jun.

    2027-06-09T04:05:50Z → 2027-06-10T01:42:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 9th, 12:02–12:50 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 8778 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha), Ujjain, 2027: Wednesday 9 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha) 2027 falls on Wednesday 9 June. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 09:36 on Wed 9 Jun to 07:12 on Thu 10 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2027/skanda-shashthi-jyaishtha · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 Jun
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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

The rule, as data

/rules/skanda-shashthi-jyaishtha · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Jyeṣṭha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Ṣaṣṭhī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 6 Aranya sasthi, Aranya gauri vrata, (paraviddha), Skanda sasthi, (purvaviddha), Sitala sasthi yatra (Orissa)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceṢaṣṭhīMadhyāhna 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:06 → 18:4212:2848 min12:290 min9 Jun
Chicago23:06 → 20:4212:2648 min12:260 min9 Jun
Jersey City00:06 → 21:4212:3248 min12:320 min9 Jun
Port of Spain00:06 → 21:4211:4148 min11:420 min9 Jun
London05:06 → 02:4212:3648 min12:360 min9 Jun
Durban06:06 → 03:4211:3148 min11:310 min9 Jun
Dubai08:06 → 05:4211:5448 min11:540 min9 Jun
Delhi09:36 → 07:1211:5648 min11:570 min9 Jun
Kolkata09:36 → 07:1211:1248 min11:120 min9 Jun
Singapore12:06 → 09:4212:4048 min12:400 min9 Jun
Sydney14:06 → 11:4211:300 min11:3012 min10 Jun
Suva16:06 → 13:4211:410 min11:4248 min10 Jun
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
skanda-shashthi-jyaishtha@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s