Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1934

Tuesday 17 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 34 s.

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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 Monday 16 July

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 17 July

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:53:25
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 11:02 on Mon 16 Jul to 12:53 on Tue 17 Jul.

    1934-07-16T03:01:52Z → 1934-07-17T04:53:25Z

  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 48 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

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 334 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1934: Tuesday 17 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1934 falls on Tuesday 17 July. Pañcamī runs from 11:02 on Mon 16 Jul to 12:53 on Tue 17 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1934/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 17 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 17 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles19:02 → 20:5311:3548 min11:350 min16 Jul
Chicago22:02 → 23:5312:3248 min12:320 min16 Jul
Jersey City23:02 → 00:5312:3848 min12:380 min16 Jul
Port of Spain23:02 → 00:5311:4848 min11:480 min16 Jul
London04:02 → 05:5312:4248 min12:420 min16 Jul
Durban05:02 → 06:5311:3848 min11:380 min16 Jul
Dubai07:02 → 08:5312:0048 min12:010 min16 Jul
Delhi08:32 → 10:2312:0348 min12:030 min16 Jul
Kolkata08:32 → 10:2311:1848 min11:180 min16 Jul
Singapore10:22 → 12:1312:0648 min12:077 min17 Jul
Sydney13:02 → 14:5311:370 min11:3748 min17 Jul
Suva15:02 → 16:5311:480 min11:4848 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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