Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1949

Thursday 30 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 18 minutes.

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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 Thursday 30 June

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 11:39:21
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 11:39 on Thu 30 Jun to 09:32 on Fri 1 Jul.

    1949-06-30T03:39:22Z → 1949-07-01T01:32:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 30th, 11:58–12:46 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 1086 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1949: Thursday 30 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1949 falls on Thursday 30 June. Pañcamī runs from 11:39 on Thu 30 Jun to 09:32 on Fri 1 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 30 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 30 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 30 Jun
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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:39 → 17:3211:3248 min11:330 min30 Jun
Chicago22:39 → 20:3212:3048 min12:300 min30 Jun
Jersey City23:39 → 21:3212:3648 min12:360 min30 Jun
Port of Spain23:39 → 21:3211:4648 min11:460 min30 Jun
London04:39 → 02:3212:4048 min12:400 min30 Jun
Durban05:39 → 03:3211:3548 min11:360 min30 Jun
Dubai07:39 → 05:3211:5848 min11:580 min30 Jun
Delhi09:09 → 07:0212:0048 min12:010 min30 Jun
Kolkata09:09 → 07:0211:1648 min11:160 min30 Jun
Singapore11:09 → 09:0212:1448 min12:140 min30 Jun
Sydney13:39 → 11:3211:350 min11:350 min1 Jul
Suva15:39 → 13:3211:460 min11:4648 min1 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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