Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1969

Saturday 19 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 255 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 Saturday 19 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

Midday of Sunday 20 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 06:31 on Sat 19 Jul to 07:45 on Sun 20 Jul.

    1969-07-18T22:30:53Z → 1969-07-19T23:45:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 19th, 12:00–12:48 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 15290 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1969: Saturday 19 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1969 falls on Saturday 19 July. Pañcamī runs from 06:31 on Sat 19 Jul to 07:45 on Sun 20 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1969/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 19 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 19 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:31 → 16:4512:350 min12:3548 min19 Jul
Chicago17:31 → 18:4512:320 min12:3348 min19 Jul
Jersey City18:31 → 19:4512:380 min12:3848 min19 Jul
Port of Spain18:31 → 19:4511:480 min11:4848 min19 Jul
London23:31 → 00:4512:420 min12:4248 min19 Jul
Durban00:31 → 01:4511:380 min11:3848 min19 Jul
Dubai02:31 → 03:4512:010 min12:0148 min19 Jul
Delhi04:01 → 05:1512:030 min12:0348 min19 Jul
Kolkata04:01 → 05:1511:190 min11:1948 min19 Jul
Singapore06:01 → 07:1512:170 min12:1748 min19 Jul
Sydney08:31 → 09:4511:370 min11:3748 min19 Jul
Suva10:31 → 11:4511:480 min11:4948 min19 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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