Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1957

Tuesday 2 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 72 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 Monday 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

Midday of Tuesday 2 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 16:53 on Mon 1 Jul to 13:58 on Tue 2 Jul.

    1957-07-01T08:52:38Z → 1957-07-02T05:58:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 1st, 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 4343 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1957: Tuesday 2 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1957 falls on Tuesday 2 July. Pañcamī runs from 16:53 on Mon 1 Jul to 13:58 on Tue 2 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1957/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 2 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 2 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:53 → 22:5812:3348 min12:330 min1 Jul
Chicago03:53 → 00:5812:3048 min12:300 min1 Jul
Jersey City04:53 → 01:5812:3648 min12:360 min1 Jul
Port of Spain04:53 → 01:5811:4648 min11:460 min1 Jul
London09:53 → 06:5812:4048 min12:400 min1 Jul
Durban10:53 → 07:5811:3648 min11:360 min1 Jul
Dubai12:53 → 09:5811:580 min11:590 min2 Jul
Delhi14:23 → 11:2812:010 min12:010 min2 Jul
Kolkata14:23 → 11:2811:160 min11:1612 min2 Jul
Singapore16:23 → 13:2812:140 min12:1448 min2 Jul
Sydney18:53 → 15:5811:350 min11:3548 min2 Jul
Suva20:53 → 17:5811:460 min11:4648 min2 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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