Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1991

Tuesday 16 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 14 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 Monday 15 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
12:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:1214:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 16 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 13:34:09
12:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:1214:36

34 of 48 minutes covered, the first 34

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 15:27 on Mon 15 Jul to 13:34 on Tue 16 Jul.

    1991-07-15T06:26:33Z → 1991-07-16T04:34:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:00–13:48 on the 15th, 13:00–13:48 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 34 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 825 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1991: Tuesday 16 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1991 falls on Tuesday 16 July. Pañcamī runs from 15:27 on Mon 15 Jul to 13:34 on Tue 16 Jul and covers 34 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1991/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:27 → 21:3412:3548 min12:350 min15 Jul
Chicago01:27 → 23:3412:3248 min12:320 min15 Jul
Jersey City02:27 → 00:3412:3848 min12:380 min15 Jul
Port of Spain02:27 → 00:3411:4848 min11:480 min15 Jul
London07:27 → 05:3412:4248 min12:420 min15 Jul
Durban08:27 → 06:3411:3848 min11:380 min15 Jul
Dubai10:27 → 08:3412:0148 min12:010 min15 Jul
Delhi11:57 → 10:0412:0348 min12:030 min15 Jul
Kolkata11:57 → 10:0411:1810 min11:180 min15 Jul
Singapore14:27 → 12:3412:460 min12:470 min16 Jul
Sydney16:27 → 14:3411:370 min11:3748 min16 Jul
Suva18:27 → 16:3411:480 min11:4848 min16 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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