Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1918

Saturday 13 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 360 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 Friday 12 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

Midday of Saturday 13 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 18:47 on Fri 12 Jul to 20:40 on Sat 13 Jul.

    1918-07-12T10:47:17Z → 1918-07-13T12:39:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 12th, 11:59–12:47 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 21600 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1918: Saturday 13 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1918 falls on Saturday 13 July. Pañcamī runs from 18:47 on Fri 12 Jul to 20:40 on Sat 13 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1918/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 13 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 13 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:47 → 05:4012:3448 min12:340 min12 Jul
Chicago05:47 → 07:4012:3248 min12:320 min12 Jul
Jersey City06:47 → 08:4012:3748 min12:380 min12 Jul
Port of Spain06:47 → 08:4011:4748 min11:480 min12 Jul
London11:47 → 13:4012:4248 min12:4248 min13 Jul
Durban12:47 → 14:4011:370 min11:3748 min13 Jul
Dubai14:28 → 16:2111:410 min11:4148 min13 Jul
Delhi16:17 → 18:1012:020 min12:0248 min13 Jul
Kolkata16:17 → 18:1011:180 min11:1848 min13 Jul
Singapore17:47 → 19:4011:460 min11:4648 min13 Jul
Sydney20:47 → 22:4011:370 min11:3748 min13 Jul
Suva22:47 → 00:4011:480 min11:4848 min13 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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