Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1929

Thursday 11 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 40 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 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

Midday of Thursday 11 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 13:26:57
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 15:26 on Wed 10 Jul to 13:27 on Thu 11 Jul.

    1929-07-10T07:25:40Z → 1929-07-11T05:26:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 10th and 48 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 2385 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1929: Thursday 11 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1929 falls on Thursday 11 July. Pañcamī runs from 15:26 on Wed 10 Jul to 13:27 on Thu 11 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1929/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 11 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 11 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:26 → 21:2711:3448 min11:340 min10 Jul
Chicago02:26 → 00:2712:3248 min12:320 min10 Jul
Jersey City03:26 → 01:2712:3748 min12:370 min10 Jul
Port of Spain03:26 → 01:2711:4748 min11:470 min10 Jul
London08:26 → 06:2712:4148 min12:410 min10 Jul
Durban09:26 → 07:2711:3748 min11:370 min10 Jul
Dubai11:26 → 09:2712:0048 min12:000 min10 Jul
Delhi12:56 → 10:5712:020 min12:020 min11 Jul
Kolkata12:56 → 10:5711:180 min11:180 min11 Jul
Singapore14:26 → 12:2711:460 min11:4641 min11 Jul
Sydney17:26 → 15:2711:360 min11:3648 min11 Jul
Suva19:26 → 17:2711:470 min11:4848 min11 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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