Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1980

Thursday 17 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 302 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 Wednesday 16 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

Midday of Thursday 17 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 17:50 on Wed 16 Jul to 19:55 on Thu 17 Jul.

    1980-07-16T09:49:48Z → 1980-07-17T11:54:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 16th, 12:00–12:48 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 18113 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1980: Thursday 17 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1980 falls on Thursday 17 July. Pañcamī runs from 17:50 on Wed 16 Jul to 19:55 on Thu 17 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1980/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 17 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 17 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:50 → 04:5512:3548 min12:350 min16 Jul
Chicago04:50 → 06:5512:3248 min12:320 min16 Jul
Jersey City05:50 → 07:5512:3848 min12:380 min16 Jul
Port of Spain05:50 → 07:5511:4848 min11:480 min16 Jul
London10:50 → 12:5512:4248 min12:4212 min17 Jul
Durban11:50 → 13:5511:3836 min11:3848 min17 Jul
Dubai13:50 → 15:5512:010 min12:0148 min17 Jul
Delhi15:20 → 17:2512:030 min12:0348 min17 Jul
Kolkata15:20 → 17:2511:180 min11:1948 min17 Jul
Singapore17:20 → 19:2512:170 min12:1748 min17 Jul
Sydney19:50 → 21:5511:370 min11:3748 min17 Jul
Suva21:50 → 23:5511:480 min11:4848 min17 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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