Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1902

Wednesday 9 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 152 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Wednesday 9 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 10 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 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 09:27 on Wed 9 Jul to 08:12 on Thu 10 Jul.

    1902-07-09T01:27:02Z → 1902-07-10T00:11:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 9th, 11:59–12:47 on the 10th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī 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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 9107 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1902: Wednesday 9 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1902 falls on Wednesday 9 July. Pañcamī runs from 09:27 on Wed 9 Jul to 08:12 on Thu 10 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1902/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:27 → 16:1211:3448 min11:340 min9 Jul
Chicago19:27 → 18:1211:3148 min11:310 min9 Jul
Jersey City20:27 → 19:1211:3748 min11:370 min9 Jul
Port of Spain21:27 → 20:1211:4748 min11:470 min9 Jul
London01:27 → 00:1211:4148 min11:410 min9 Jul
Durban02:57 → 01:4211:0748 min11:070 min9 Jul
Dubai05:08 → 03:5311:4148 min11:410 min9 Jul
Delhi06:48 → 05:3311:5348 min11:530 min9 Jul
Kolkata06:48 → 05:3311:0848 min11:080 min9 Jul
Singapore08:22 → 07:0711:4048 min11:410 min9 Jul
Sydney11:27 → 10:1211:3648 min11:360 min9 Jul
Suva13:22 → 12:0711:420 min11:4224 min10 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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