Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1951

Monday 9 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 659 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 Sunday 8 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 9 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 23:46 on Sun 8 Jul to 00:52 on Tue 10 Jul.

    1951-07-08T15:46:03Z → 1951-07-09T16:52:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 8th, 11:59–12:47 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 39555 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1951: Monday 9 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1951 falls on Monday 9 July. Pañcamī runs from 23:46 on Sun 8 Jul to 00:52 on Tue 10 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1951/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 9 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 9 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:46 → 09:5212:3448 min12:340 min8 Jul
Chicago10:46 → 11:5212:3148 min12:310 min8 Jul
Jersey City11:46 → 12:5212:3748 min12:3715 min9 Jul
Port of Spain11:46 → 12:5211:4748 min11:4748 min9 Jul
London16:46 → 17:5212:410 min12:4148 min9 Jul
Durban17:46 → 18:5211:370 min11:3748 min9 Jul
Dubai19:46 → 20:5212:000 min12:0048 min9 Jul
Delhi21:16 → 22:2212:020 min12:0248 min9 Jul
Kolkata21:16 → 22:2211:170 min11:1748 min9 Jul
Singapore23:16 → 00:2212:150 min12:1648 min9 Jul
Sydney01:46 → 02:5211:360 min11:3648 min9 Jul
Suva03:46 → 04:5211:470 min11:4748 min9 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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