Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1977

Tuesday 21 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 148 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 Tuesday 21 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

Midday of Wednesday 22 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 08:50 on Tue 21 Jun to 09:28 on Wed 22 Jun.

    1977-06-21T00:50:01Z → 1977-06-22T01:28:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 21st, 11:56–12:44 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 8866 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1977: Tuesday 21 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1977 falls on Tuesday 21 June. Pañcamī runs from 08:50 on Tue 21 Jun to 09:28 on Wed 22 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1977/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 21 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 21 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 21 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:50 → 18:2812:3148 min12:310 min21 Jun
Chicago19:50 → 20:2812:2848 min12:290 min21 Jun
Jersey City20:50 → 21:2812:3448 min12:340 min21 Jun
Port of Spain20:50 → 21:2811:4448 min11:440 min21 Jun
London01:50 → 02:2812:3848 min12:380 min21 Jun
Durban02:50 → 03:2811:3448 min11:340 min21 Jun
Dubai04:50 → 05:2811:5648 min11:570 min21 Jun
Delhi06:20 → 06:5811:5948 min11:590 min21 Jun
Kolkata06:20 → 06:5811:1448 min11:140 min21 Jun
Singapore08:20 → 08:5812:1248 min12:120 min21 Jun
Sydney10:50 → 11:2811:3348 min11:330 min21 Jun
Suva12:50 → 13:2811:440 min11:4448 min22 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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