Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1928

Friday 22 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 299 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 21 June

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 22 June

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 18:40 on Thu 21 Jun to 17:43 on Fri 22 Jun.

    1928-06-21T10:39:55Z → 1928-06-22T09:42:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 21st, 11:56–12:44 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 17944 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1928: Friday 22 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1928 falls on Friday 22 June. Pañcamī runs from 18:40 on Thu 21 Jun to 17:43 on Fri 22 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1928/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 22 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 22 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 22 Jun
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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:40 → 01:4311:3148 min11:310 min21 Jun
Chicago05:40 → 04:4312:2848 min12:280 min21 Jun
Jersey City06:40 → 05:4312:3448 min12:340 min21 Jun
Port of Spain06:40 → 05:4311:4448 min11:440 min21 Jun
London11:40 → 10:4312:3848 min12:380 min21 Jun
Durban12:40 → 11:4311:330 min11:349 min22 Jun
Dubai14:40 → 13:4311:560 min11:5648 min22 Jun
Delhi16:10 → 15:1311:590 min11:5948 min22 Jun
Kolkata16:10 → 15:1311:140 min11:1448 min22 Jun
Singapore17:40 → 16:4311:420 min11:4248 min22 Jun
Sydney20:40 → 19:4311:330 min11:3348 min22 Jun
Suva22:40 → 21:4311:440 min11:4448 min22 Jun
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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