Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1997

Wednesday 9 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 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 9 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 10 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:47:32
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 09:15 on Wed 9 Jul to 11:48 on Thu 10 Jul.

    1997-07-09T01:14:41Z → 1997-07-10T03:47:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 9th, 11:59–12:47 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 704 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1997: Wednesday 9 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1997 falls on Wednesday 9 July. Pañcamī runs from 09:15 on Wed 9 Jul to 11:48 on Thu 10 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1997/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:15 → 20:4812:3448 min12:340 min9 Jul
Chicago20:15 → 22:4812:3248 min12:320 min9 Jul
Jersey City21:15 → 23:4812:3748 min12:370 min9 Jul
Port of Spain21:15 → 23:4811:4748 min11:470 min9 Jul
London02:15 → 04:4812:4148 min12:420 min9 Jul
Durban03:15 → 05:4811:3748 min11:370 min9 Jul
Dubai05:15 → 07:4812:0048 min12:000 min9 Jul
Delhi06:45 → 09:1812:0248 min12:020 min9 Jul
Kolkata06:45 → 09:1811:1848 min11:180 min9 Jul
Singapore09:15 → 11:4812:4648 min12:460 min9 Jul
Sydney11:15 → 13:4811:3648 min11:3748 min10 Jul
Suva13:15 → 15:4811:470 min11:4848 min10 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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