Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1970

Wednesday 8 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 73 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 Wednesday 8 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 9 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 08:11 on Wed 8 Jul to 10:46 on Thu 9 Jul.

    1970-07-08T00:11:29Z → 1970-07-09T02:46:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 8th, 11:59–12:47 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 4356 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1970: Wednesday 8 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1970 falls on Wednesday 8 July. Pañcamī runs from 08:11 on Wed 8 Jul to 10:46 on Thu 9 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1970/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 8 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 8 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 8 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:11 → 19:4612:3448 min12:340 min8 Jul
Chicago19:11 → 21:4612:3148 min12:320 min8 Jul
Jersey City20:11 → 22:4612:3748 min12:370 min8 Jul
Port of Spain20:11 → 22:4611:4748 min11:470 min8 Jul
London01:11 → 03:4612:4148 min12:410 min8 Jul
Durban02:11 → 04:4611:3748 min11:370 min8 Jul
Dubai04:11 → 06:4612:0048 min12:000 min8 Jul
Delhi05:41 → 08:1612:0248 min12:020 min8 Jul
Kolkata05:41 → 08:1611:1748 min11:180 min8 Jul
Singapore07:41 → 10:1612:1548 min12:160 min8 Jul
Sydney10:11 → 12:4611:3648 min11:3648 min9 Jul
Suva12:11 → 14:4611:4724 min11:4748 min9 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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