Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1953

Thursday 16 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 234 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Wednesday 15 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 16 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 16:42 on Wed 15 Jul to 19:06 on Thu 16 Jul.

    1953-07-15T08:41:37Z → 1953-07-16T11:06:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 15th, 12:00–12:48 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 14032 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1953: Thursday 16 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1953 falls on Thursday 16 July. Pañcamī runs from 16:42 on Wed 15 Jul to 19:06 on Thu 16 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1953/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 16 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 16 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:42 → 04:0612:3548 min12:350 min15 Jul
Chicago03:42 → 06:0612:3248 min12:320 min15 Jul
Jersey City04:42 → 07:0612:3848 min12:380 min15 Jul
Port of Spain04:42 → 07:0611:4848 min11:480 min15 Jul
London09:42 → 12:0612:4248 min12:420 min15 Jul
Durban10:42 → 13:0611:3848 min11:3848 min16 Jul
Dubai12:42 → 15:0612:007 min12:0148 min16 Jul
Delhi14:12 → 16:3612:030 min12:0348 min16 Jul
Kolkata14:12 → 16:3611:180 min11:1848 min16 Jul
Singapore16:12 → 18:3612:160 min12:1648 min16 Jul
Sydney18:42 → 21:0611:370 min11:3748 min16 Jul
Suva20:42 → 23:0611:480 min11:4848 min16 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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