Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1996

Saturday 20 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 25 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 Saturday 20 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 Sunday 21 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:35:05
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 09:42 on Sat 20 Jul to 11:35 on Sun 21 Jul.

    1996-07-20T01:42:17Z → 1996-07-21T03:35:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 20th, 12:00–12:48 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 1512 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1996: Saturday 20 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1996 falls on Saturday 20 July. Pañcamī runs from 09:42 on Sat 20 Jul to 11:35 on Sun 21 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 20 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 20 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:42 → 20:3512:3548 min12:350 min20 Jul
Chicago20:42 → 22:3512:3348 min12:330 min20 Jul
Jersey City21:42 → 23:3512:3848 min12:380 min20 Jul
Port of Spain21:42 → 23:3511:4848 min11:480 min20 Jul
London02:42 → 04:3512:4248 min12:420 min20 Jul
Durban03:42 → 05:3511:3848 min11:380 min20 Jul
Dubai05:42 → 07:3512:0148 min12:010 min20 Jul
Delhi07:12 → 09:0512:0348 min12:030 min20 Jul
Kolkata07:12 → 09:0511:1948 min11:190 min20 Jul
Singapore09:42 → 11:3512:4748 min12:470 min20 Jul
Sydney11:42 → 13:3511:3843 min11:3848 min21 Jul
Suva13:42 → 15:3511:490 min11:4948 min21 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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