Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1974

Monday 24 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 467 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 23 June

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 24 June

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 23:26 on Sun 23 Jun to 20:31 on Mon 24 Jun.

    1974-06-23T15:26:00Z → 1974-06-24T12:31:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 23rd, 11:56–12:44 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 28001 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1974: Monday 24 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1974 falls on Monday 24 June. Pañcamī runs from 23:26 on Sun 23 Jun to 20:31 on Mon 24 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1974/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 24 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 24 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:26 → 05:3112:3148 min12:310 min23 Jun
Chicago10:26 → 07:3112:2948 min12:290 min23 Jun
Jersey City11:26 → 08:3112:3448 min12:350 min23 Jun
Port of Spain11:26 → 08:3111:4448 min11:440 min23 Jun
London16:26 → 13:3112:390 min12:3948 min24 Jun
Durban17:26 → 14:3111:340 min11:3448 min24 Jun
Dubai19:26 → 16:3111:570 min11:5748 min24 Jun
Delhi20:56 → 18:0111:590 min11:5948 min24 Jun
Kolkata20:56 → 18:0111:150 min11:1548 min24 Jun
Singapore22:56 → 20:0112:130 min12:1348 min24 Jun
Sydney01:26 → 22:3111:330 min11:3348 min24 Jun
Suva03:26 → 00:3111:440 min11:4448 min24 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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