Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1935

Saturday 6 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 57 s.

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 Friday 5 July

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 6 July

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

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:53:22
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 10:27 on Fri 5 Jul to 12:53 on Sat 6 Jul.

    1935-07-05T02:26:59Z → 1935-07-06T04:53:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 5th, 11:58–12:46 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 417 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1935: Saturday 6 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1935 falls on Saturday 6 July. Pañcamī runs from 10:27 on Fri 5 Jul to 12:53 on Sat 6 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/1935/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 6 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 6 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:27 → 20:5311:3348 min11:330 min5 Jul
Chicago21:27 → 23:5312:3148 min12:310 min5 Jul
Jersey City22:27 → 00:5312:3648 min12:370 min5 Jul
Port of Spain22:27 → 00:5311:4648 min11:470 min5 Jul
London03:27 → 05:5312:4148 min12:410 min5 Jul
Durban04:27 → 06:5311:3648 min11:360 min5 Jul
Dubai06:27 → 08:5311:5948 min11:590 min5 Jul
Delhi07:57 → 10:2312:0148 min12:010 min5 Jul
Kolkata07:57 → 10:2311:1748 min11:170 min5 Jul
Singapore09:47 → 12:1312:0548 min12:058 min6 Jul
Sydney12:27 → 14:5311:350 min11:3648 min6 Jul
Suva14:27 → 16:5311:470 min11:4748 min6 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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