Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1943

Wednesday 7 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 176 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 Wednesday 7 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 8 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

0 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 07:45 on Wed 7 Jul to 10:03 on Thu 8 Jul.

    1943-07-06T22:44:41Z → 1943-07-08T01:02:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:59–13:47 on the 7th, 12:59–13:47 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 10574 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1943: Wednesday 7 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1943 falls on Wednesday 7 July. Pañcamī runs from 07:45 on Wed 7 Jul to 10:03 on Thu 8 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1943/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 7 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 7 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:45 → 18:0312:330 min12:340 min7 Jul
Chicago17:45 → 20:0312:310 min12:310 min7 Jul
Jersey City18:45 → 21:0312:370 min12:370 min7 Jul
Port of Spain19:45 → 22:0312:470 min12:470 min7 Jul
London00:45 → 03:0313:410 min13:410 min7 Jul
Durban00:45 → 03:0311:360 min11:370 min7 Jul
Dubai02:45 → 05:0311:590 min11:590 min7 Jul
Delhi05:15 → 07:3313:010 min13:020 min7 Jul
Kolkata05:15 → 07:3312:170 min12:170 min7 Jul
Singapore07:45 → 10:0313:450 min13:450 min7 Jul
Sydney08:45 → 11:0311:360 min11:360 min7 Jul
Suva10:45 → 13:0311:470 min11:4748 min8 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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