Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1994

Wednesday 13 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 523 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 13 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

Midday of Thursday 14 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 03:17 on Wed 13 Jul to 01:49 on Thu 14 Jul.

    1994-07-12T19:16:47Z → 1994-07-13T17:49:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 13th, 12:00–12:48 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 31370 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1994: Wednesday 13 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1994 falls on Wednesday 13 July. Pañcamī runs from 03:17 on Wed 13 Jul to 01:49 on Thu 14 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1994/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 13 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 13 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:17 → 10:4912:3448 min12:350 min12 Jul
Chicago14:17 → 12:4912:320 min12:3217 min13 Jul
Jersey City15:17 → 13:4912:380 min12:3848 min13 Jul
Port of Spain15:17 → 13:4911:480 min11:4848 min13 Jul
London20:17 → 18:4912:420 min12:4248 min13 Jul
Durban21:17 → 19:4911:380 min11:3848 min13 Jul
Dubai23:17 → 21:4912:000 min12:0048 min13 Jul
Delhi00:47 → 23:1912:030 min12:0348 min13 Jul
Kolkata00:47 → 23:1911:180 min11:1848 min13 Jul
Singapore03:17 → 01:4912:460 min12:4648 min13 Jul
Sydney05:17 → 03:4911:370 min11:3748 min13 Jul
Suva07:17 → 05:4911:480 min11:4848 min13 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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