Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1961

Tuesday 18 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 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 17 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 13:07:00
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 18 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 13:07 on Mon 17 Jul to 15:29 on Tue 18 Jul.

    1961-07-17T05:07:01Z → 1961-07-18T07:29:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 17th, 12:00–12:48 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 1144 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1961: Tuesday 18 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1961 falls on Tuesday 18 July. Pañcamī runs from 13:07 on Mon 17 Jul to 15:29 on Tue 18 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1961/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 18 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 18 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:07 → 00:2912:3548 min12:350 min17 Jul
Chicago00:07 → 02:2912:3248 min12:320 min17 Jul
Jersey City01:07 → 03:2912:3848 min12:380 min17 Jul
Port of Spain01:07 → 03:2911:4848 min11:480 min17 Jul
London06:07 → 08:2912:4248 min12:420 min17 Jul
Durban07:07 → 09:2911:3848 min11:380 min17 Jul
Dubai09:07 → 11:2912:0148 min12:010 min17 Jul
Delhi10:37 → 12:5912:0348 min12:0348 min18 Jul
Kolkata10:37 → 12:5911:1848 min11:1948 min18 Jul
Singapore12:37 → 14:5912:1728 min12:1748 min18 Jul
Sydney15:07 → 17:2911:370 min11:3748 min18 Jul
Suva17:07 → 19:2911:480 min11:4848 min18 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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