Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1958

Saturday 21 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 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 Saturday 21 June

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:22:50
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

21 of 48 minutes covered, the last 21

Midday of Sunday 22 June

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 12:23 on Sat 21 Jun to 10:41 on Sun 22 Jun.

    1958-06-21T04:22:50Z → 1958-06-22T02:41:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 21st, 11:56–12:44 on the 22nd.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 21 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 1249 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1958: Saturday 21 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1958 falls on Saturday 21 June. Pañcamī runs from 12:23 on Sat 21 Jun to 10:41 on Sun 22 Jun and covers 21 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1958/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 21 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 21 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 21 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:23 → 19:4112:3148 min12:310 min21 Jun
Chicago23:23 → 21:4112:2848 min12:280 min21 Jun
Jersey City00:23 → 22:4112:3448 min12:340 min21 Jun
Port of Spain00:23 → 22:4111:4448 min11:440 min21 Jun
London05:23 → 03:4112:3848 min12:380 min21 Jun
Durban06:23 → 04:4111:3348 min11:340 min21 Jun
Dubai08:23 → 06:4111:5648 min11:570 min21 Jun
Delhi09:53 → 08:1111:5948 min11:590 min21 Jun
Kolkata09:53 → 08:1111:1448 min11:140 min21 Jun
Singapore11:53 → 10:1112:1248 min12:120 min21 Jun
Sydney14:23 → 12:4111:330 min11:3348 min22 Jun
Suva16:23 → 14:4111:440 min11:4448 min22 Jun
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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