Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1946

Wednesday 3 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 621 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 3 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:58  13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 4 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:58  13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34

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 02:37 on Wed 3 Jul to 01:31 on Thu 4 Jul.

    1946-07-02T17:36:46Z → 1946-07-03T16:31:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:58–13:46 on the 3rd, 12:58–13:46 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 37271 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1946: Wednesday 3 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1946 falls on Wednesday 3 July. Pañcamī runs from 02:37 on Wed 3 Jul to 01:31 on Thu 4 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1946/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 3 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 3 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:37 → 08:3111:3348 min11:330 min2 Jul
Chicago12:37 → 11:3112:3042 min12:300 min2 Jul
Jersey City13:37 → 12:3112:360 min12:360 min3 Jul
Port of Spain13:37 → 12:3111:460 min11:4645 min3 Jul
London18:37 → 17:3112:400 min12:4048 min3 Jul
Durban19:37 → 18:3111:360 min11:3648 min3 Jul
Dubai21:37 → 20:3111:580 min11:5948 min3 Jul
Delhi23:07 → 22:0112:010 min12:0148 min3 Jul
Kolkata23:07 → 22:0111:160 min11:1648 min3 Jul
Singapore01:07 → 00:0112:140 min12:1548 min3 Jul
Sydney03:37 → 02:3111:350 min11:3548 min3 Jul
Suva05:37 → 04:3111:460 min11:4648 min3 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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