Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1938

Saturday 2 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 35 s.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 1 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 2 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:37:10
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

39 of 48 minutes covered, the first 39

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 15:03 on Fri 1 Jul to 12:37 on Sat 2 Jul.

    1938-07-01T07:03:20Z → 1938-07-02T04:37:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 1st, 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 39 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 515 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1938: Saturday 2 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1938 falls on Saturday 2 July. Pañcamī runs from 15:03 on Fri 1 Jul to 12:37 on Sat 2 Jul and covers 39 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1938/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:03 → 20:3711:3348 min11:330 min1 Jul
Chicago02:03 → 23:3712:3048 min12:300 min1 Jul
Jersey City03:03 → 00:3712:3648 min12:360 min1 Jul
Port of Spain03:03 → 00:3711:4648 min11:460 min1 Jul
London08:03 → 05:3712:4048 min12:400 min1 Jul
Durban09:03 → 06:3711:3548 min11:360 min1 Jul
Dubai11:03 → 08:3711:5848 min11:580 min1 Jul
Delhi12:33 → 10:0712:0115 min12:010 min1 Jul
Kolkata12:33 → 10:0711:160 min11:160 min2 Jul
Singapore14:23 → 11:5712:040 min12:040 min2 Jul
Sydney17:03 → 14:3711:350 min11:3548 min2 Jul
Suva19:03 → 16:3711:460 min11:4648 min2 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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