Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1987

Wednesday 1 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 622 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 30 June

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:58  13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 1 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:58  13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34

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 00:08 on Wed 1 Jul to 02:17 on Thu 2 Jul.

    1987-06-30T15:07:38Z → 1987-07-01T17:17:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:58–13:46 on the 30th, 12:58–13:46 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 37325 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1987: Wednesday 1 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1987 falls on Wednesday 1 July. Pañcamī runs from 00:08 on Wed 1 Jul to 02:17 on Thu 2 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1987/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 1 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 1 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 1 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:08 → 10:1712:3348 min12:330 min30 Jun
Chicago10:08 → 12:1712:3048 min12:300 min30 Jun
Jersey City11:08 → 13:1712:3648 min12:3641 min1 Jul
Port of Spain11:08 → 13:1711:4648 min11:4648 min1 Jul
London16:08 → 18:1712:400 min12:4048 min1 Jul
Durban17:08 → 19:1711:350 min11:3648 min1 Jul
Dubai19:08 → 21:1711:580 min11:5848 min1 Jul
Delhi20:38 → 22:4712:010 min12:0148 min1 Jul
Kolkata20:38 → 22:4711:160 min11:1648 min1 Jul
Singapore23:08 → 01:1712:440 min12:4448 min1 Jul
Sydney01:08 → 03:1711:350 min11:3548 min1 Jul
Suva03:08 → 05:1711:460 min11:4648 min1 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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