Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1959

Friday 10 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 16 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 Friday 10 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 11:42:53
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 11 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 11:43 on Fri 10 Jul to 11:10 on Sat 11 Jul.

    1959-07-10T03:42:54Z → 1959-07-11T03:10:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 10th, 11:59–12:47 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 973 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1959: Friday 10 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1959 falls on Friday 10 July. Pañcamī runs from 11:43 on Fri 10 Jul to 11:10 on Sat 11 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1959/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 10 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 10 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:43 → 20:1012:3448 min12:340 min10 Jul
Chicago22:43 → 22:1012:3248 min12:320 min10 Jul
Jersey City23:43 → 23:1012:3748 min12:370 min10 Jul
Port of Spain23:43 → 23:1011:4748 min11:470 min10 Jul
London04:43 → 04:1012:4148 min12:410 min10 Jul
Durban05:43 → 05:1011:3748 min11:370 min10 Jul
Dubai07:43 → 07:1012:0048 min12:000 min10 Jul
Delhi09:13 → 08:4012:0248 min12:020 min10 Jul
Kolkata09:13 → 08:4011:1848 min11:180 min10 Jul
Singapore11:13 → 10:4012:1648 min12:160 min10 Jul
Sydney13:43 → 13:1011:360 min11:3748 min11 Jul
Suva15:43 → 15:1011:470 min11:4848 min11 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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