Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1968

Sunday 30 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 76 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 Sunday 30 June

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

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 10:38 on Sun 30 Jun to 10:41 on Mon 1 Jul.

    1968-06-30T02:38:27Z → 1968-07-01T02:41:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 30th, 11:58–12:46 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 4586 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1968: Sunday 30 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1968 falls on Sunday 30 June. Pañcamī runs from 10:38 on Sun 30 Jun to 10:41 on Mon 1 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1968/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 30 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 30 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 30 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:38 → 19:4112:3348 min12:330 min30 Jun
Chicago21:38 → 21:4112:3048 min12:300 min30 Jun
Jersey City22:38 → 22:4112:3648 min12:360 min30 Jun
Port of Spain22:38 → 22:4111:4648 min11:460 min30 Jun
London03:38 → 03:4112:4048 min12:400 min30 Jun
Durban04:38 → 04:4111:3548 min11:360 min30 Jun
Dubai06:38 → 06:4111:5848 min11:580 min30 Jun
Delhi08:08 → 08:1112:0148 min12:010 min30 Jun
Kolkata08:08 → 08:1111:1648 min11:160 min30 Jun
Singapore10:08 → 10:1112:1448 min12:140 min30 Jun
Sydney12:38 → 12:4111:350 min11:3548 min1 Jul
Suva14:38 → 14:4111:460 min11:4648 min1 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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