Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1979

Friday 29 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 382 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 Friday 29 June

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 30 June

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 03:01 on Fri 29 Jun to 05:35 on Sat 30 Jun.

    1979-06-28T19:00:42Z → 1979-06-29T21:35:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 29th, 11:57–12:45 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 22939 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1979: Friday 29 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1979 falls on Friday 29 June. Pañcamī runs from 03:01 on Fri 29 Jun to 05:35 on Sat 30 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1979/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 29 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 29 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:01 → 14:3512:3248 min12:3248 min29 Jun
Chicago14:01 → 16:3512:300 min12:3048 min29 Jun
Jersey City15:01 → 17:3512:350 min12:3648 min29 Jun
Port of Spain15:01 → 17:3511:450 min11:4548 min29 Jun
London20:01 → 22:3512:390 min12:4048 min29 Jun
Durban21:01 → 23:3511:350 min11:3548 min29 Jun
Dubai23:01 → 01:3511:580 min11:5848 min29 Jun
Delhi00:31 → 03:0512:000 min12:0048 min29 Jun
Kolkata00:31 → 03:0511:160 min11:1648 min29 Jun
Singapore02:31 → 05:0512:140 min12:1448 min29 Jun
Sydney05:01 → 07:3511:340 min11:3448 min29 Jun
Suva07:01 → 09:3511:450 min11:4548 min29 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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