Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1989

Saturday 8 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 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 Friday 7 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 14:01:46
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 8 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

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 14:02 on Fri 7 Jul to 15:39 on Sat 8 Jul.

    1989-07-07T05:01:47Z → 1989-07-08T06:38:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:59–13:47 on the 7th, 12:59–13:47 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 896 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1989: Saturday 8 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1989 falls on Saturday 8 July. Pañcamī runs from 14:02 on Fri 7 Jul to 15:39 on Sat 8 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1989/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 8 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 8 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:02 → 23:3912:3448 min12:340 min7 Jul
Chicago00:02 → 01:3912:3148 min12:320 min7 Jul
Jersey City01:02 → 02:3912:3748 min12:370 min7 Jul
Port of Spain01:02 → 02:3911:4748 min11:470 min7 Jul
London06:02 → 07:3912:4148 min12:410 min7 Jul
Durban07:02 → 08:3911:3748 min11:370 min7 Jul
Dubai09:02 → 10:3912:0048 min12:000 min7 Jul
Delhi10:32 → 12:0912:0248 min12:027 min8 Jul
Kolkata10:32 → 12:0911:1748 min11:1748 min8 Jul
Singapore13:02 → 14:3912:4532 min12:4648 min8 Jul
Sydney15:02 → 16:3911:360 min11:3648 min8 Jul
Suva17:02 → 18:3911:470 min11:4748 min8 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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