Ruling · Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī · 2028

Wednesday 22 November

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 58 minutes.

Decide it for

UjjainDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Tuesday 21 November

Ṣaṣṭhī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 22 November

Taken. The only midday Ṣaṣṭhī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

48 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 13:34 on Tue 21 Nov to 14:47 on Wed 22 Nov.

    2028-11-21T08:04:26Z → 2028-11-22T09:16:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 21st, 11:49–12:37 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 3461 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī, Ujjain, 2028: Wednesday 22 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī 2028 falls on Wednesday 22 November. Ṣaṣṭhī runs from 13:34 on Tue 21 Nov to 14:47 on Wed 22 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2028/skanda-shashthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 Nov
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 · 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:04 → 01:1711:1548 min11:150 min21 Nov
Chicago02:04 → 03:1711:1248 min11:130 min21 Nov
Jersey City03:04 → 04:1711:1848 min11:180 min21 Nov
Port of Spain04:04 → 05:1711:2848 min11:280 min21 Nov
London08:04 → 09:1711:2248 min11:230 min21 Nov
Durban10:04 → 11:1711:1848 min11:180 min21 Nov
Dubai12:04 → 13:1711:4124 min11:4148 min21 Nov
Delhi13:34 → 14:4711:430 min11:4348 min22 Nov
Kolkata13:34 → 14:4710:580 min10:5948 min22 Nov
Singapore16:04 → 17:1712:270 min12:2748 min22 Nov
Sydney19:04 → 20:1712:170 min12:1848 min22 Nov
Suva20:04 → 21:1711:280 min11:2948 min22 Nov
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