Next Skanda Sashti

In Delhi, on Sunday, 15 November 2026: the Kārttika śukla Ṣaṣṭhī, popularly Kanda Sashti (Soorasamharam). In Delhi, the Ṣaṣṭhī begins at 23:24 on Saturday, after sunset, so it is kept on Sunday, the first day whose sunrise has it. Vratarāja f. 108; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 48; Dharmasindhu pp. 9⁠–⁠10

The Ṣaṣṭhī vow to Skanda. The Bhaviṣya, through Hemādri in the Vratarāja, gives it in both fortnights, kept with fruit or a night meal and without oil. This list gives the śukla Ṣaṣṭhī of each month, joined to the Pañcamī. Vratarāja f. 108

The Ṣaṣṭhī is kept joined to the Pañcamī: on the day on which it begins between sunrise and sunset, and when it begins at night, on the first day whose sunrise it holds. The texts ask for the Pañcamī-joined Ṣaṣṭhī; reading the joining as by day is ours. Vratarāja f. 108; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 48; Dharmasindhu pp. 9⁠–⁠10

The Ṣaṣṭhī begins at the same moment everywhere, but sunrise and sunset come at different hours. A Ṣaṣṭhī that begins in daylight in one city can begin at night in another, which moves its day to the next sunrise. Vratarāja f. 108; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 48; Dharmasindhu pp. 9⁠–⁠10