Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1960

Wednesday 29 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 469 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 Tuesday 28 June

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 29 June

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 20:34 on Tue 28 Jun to 22:13 on Wed 29 Jun.

    1960-06-28T12:33:55Z → 1960-06-29T14:13:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 28th, 11:57–12:45 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 28124 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1960: Wednesday 29 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1960 falls on Wednesday 29 June. Pañcamī runs from 20:34 on Tue 28 Jun to 22:13 on Wed 29 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1960/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 29 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 29 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:34 → 07:1312:3248 min12:320 min28 Jun
Chicago07:34 → 09:1312:3048 min12:300 min28 Jun
Jersey City08:34 → 10:1312:3548 min12:360 min28 Jun
Port of Spain08:34 → 10:1311:4548 min11:450 min28 Jun
London13:34 → 15:1312:400 min12:4048 min29 Jun
Durban14:34 → 16:1311:350 min11:3548 min29 Jun
Dubai16:34 → 18:1311:580 min11:5848 min29 Jun
Delhi18:04 → 19:4312:000 min12:0048 min29 Jun
Kolkata18:04 → 19:4311:160 min11:1648 min29 Jun
Singapore20:04 → 21:4312:140 min12:1448 min29 Jun
Sydney22:34 → 00:1311:340 min11:3448 min29 Jun
Suva00:34 → 02:1311:450 min11:4648 min29 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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