Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1904

Sunday 17 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 558 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 Saturday 16 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 17 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 00:52 on Sun 17 Jul to 22:05 on Sun 17 Jul.

    1904-07-16T16:52:14Z → 1904-07-17T14:05:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 16th, 12:00–12:48 on the 17th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 33460 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1904: Sunday 17 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1904 falls on Sunday 17 July. Pañcamī runs from 00:52 on Sun 17 Jul to 22:05 on Sun 17 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1904/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 17 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 17 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:52 → 06:0511:3548 min11:350 min16 Jul
Chicago10:52 → 08:0511:3248 min11:320 min16 Jul
Jersey City11:52 → 09:0511:3834 min11:380 min16 Jul
Port of Spain12:52 → 10:0511:480 min11:480 min17 Jul
London16:52 → 14:0511:420 min11:4248 min17 Jul
Durban18:52 → 16:0511:380 min11:3848 min17 Jul
Dubai20:33 → 17:4611:410 min11:4248 min17 Jul
Delhi22:13 → 19:2611:540 min11:5448 min17 Jul
Kolkata22:13 → 19:2611:090 min11:0948 min17 Jul
Singapore23:47 → 21:0011:410 min11:4148 min17 Jul
Sydney02:52 → 00:0511:370 min11:3748 min17 Jul
Suva04:47 → 02:0011:430 min11:4348 min17 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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