Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1984

Tuesday 3 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 610 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 3 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 4 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 01:48 on Tue 3 Jul to 23:08 on Tue 3 Jul.

    1984-07-02T17:48:01Z → 1984-07-03T15:07:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd, 11:58–12:46 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 36610 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1984: Tuesday 3 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1984 falls on Tuesday 3 July. Pañcamī runs from 01:48 on Tue 3 Jul to 23:08 on Tue 3 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1984/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 3 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 3 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:48 → 08:0812:3348 min12:330 min2 Jul
Chicago12:48 → 10:0812:3131 min12:310 min2 Jul
Jersey City13:48 → 11:0812:360 min12:360 min3 Jul
Port of Spain13:48 → 11:0811:460 min11:460 min3 Jul
London18:48 → 16:0812:400 min12:4148 min3 Jul
Durban19:48 → 17:0811:360 min11:3648 min3 Jul
Dubai21:48 → 19:0811:590 min11:5948 min3 Jul
Delhi23:18 → 20:3812:010 min12:0148 min3 Jul
Kolkata23:18 → 20:3811:160 min11:1748 min3 Jul
Singapore01:48 → 23:0812:450 min12:4548 min3 Jul
Sydney03:48 → 01:0811:350 min11:3548 min3 Jul
Suva05:48 → 03:0811:460 min11:4648 min3 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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