Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1905

Friday 7 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 376 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Thursday 6 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 7 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 20:54 on Thu 6 Jul to 19:03 on Fri 7 Jul.

    1905-07-06T12:54:29Z → 1905-07-07T11:02:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 6th, 11:59–12:47 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 22562 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1905: Friday 7 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1905 falls on Friday 7 July. Pañcamī runs from 20:54 on Thu 6 Jul to 19:03 on Fri 7 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1905/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 7 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 7 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:54 → 03:0311:3348 min11:330 min6 Jul
Chicago06:54 → 05:0311:3148 min11:310 min6 Jul
Jersey City07:54 → 06:0311:3748 min11:370 min6 Jul
Port of Spain08:54 → 07:0311:4648 min11:470 min6 Jul
London12:54 → 11:0311:410 min11:410 min7 Jul
Durban14:54 → 13:0311:360 min11:3648 min7 Jul
Dubai16:35 → 14:4411:400 min11:4048 min7 Jul
Delhi18:15 → 16:2411:520 min11:5348 min7 Jul
Kolkata18:15 → 16:2411:080 min11:0848 min7 Jul
Singapore19:54 → 18:0311:450 min11:4548 min7 Jul
Sydney22:54 → 21:0311:360 min11:3648 min7 Jul
Suva00:49 → 22:5811:420 min11:4248 min7 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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