Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1900

Monday 2 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 17 minutes.

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 1 July

Qualifies with 17 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:03  12:51 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:34:32
11:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:1513:39

17 of 48 minutes covered, the last 17

Midday of Monday 2 July

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 12:03  12:51 madhyāhna ends
11:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:1513:39

48 of 48 minutes covered

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 12:34 on Sun 1 Jul to 14:31 on Mon 2 Jul.

    1900-07-01T04:28:50Z → 1900-07-02T06:26:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:03–12:51 on the 1st, 12:03–12:51 on the 2nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 17 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1002 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1900: Monday 2 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1900 falls on Monday 2 July. Pañcamī runs from 12:34 on Sun 1 Jul to 14:31 on Mon 2 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 17 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1900/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 2 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 2 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 2 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

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

The rule, as data

/rules/skanda-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pañcamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 5 Skanda pancami (paraviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePañcamīMadhyāhna 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:29 → 22:2611:3248 min11:330 min1 Jul
Chicago22:29 → 00:2611:3048 min11:300 min1 Jul
Jersey City23:29 → 01:2611:3648 min11:360 min1 Jul
Port of Spain00:29 → 02:2611:4648 min11:460 min1 Jul
London04:29 → 06:2611:4048 min11:400 min1 Jul
Durban05:59 → 07:5611:0548 min11:060 min1 Jul
Dubai08:10 → 10:0711:3948 min11:390 min1 Jul
Delhi09:50 → 11:4711:5248 min11:520 min1 Jul
Kolkata09:50 → 11:4711:0748 min11:0740 min2 Jul
Singapore11:24 → 13:2111:3948 min11:3948 min2 Jul
Sydney14:29 → 16:2611:350 min11:3548 min2 Jul
Suva16:24 → 18:2111:410 min11:4148 min2 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
skanda-panchami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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