Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1998

Sunday 28 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 133 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 Sunday 28 June

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 29 June

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 08:44 on Sun 28 Jun to 09:44 on Mon 29 Jun.

    1998-06-28T00:43:31Z → 1998-06-29T01:44:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 28th, 11:57–12:45 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 7998 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1998: Sunday 28 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1998 falls on Sunday 28 June. Pañcamī runs from 08:44 on Sun 28 Jun to 09:44 on Mon 29 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1998/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 28 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 28 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 28 Jun
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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:44 → 18:4412:3248 min12:320 min28 Jun
Chicago19:44 → 20:4412:3048 min12:300 min28 Jun
Jersey City20:44 → 21:4412:3648 min12:360 min28 Jun
Port of Spain20:44 → 21:4411:4548 min11:460 min28 Jun
London01:44 → 02:4412:4048 min12:400 min28 Jun
Durban02:44 → 03:4411:3548 min11:350 min28 Jun
Dubai04:44 → 05:4411:5848 min11:580 min28 Jun
Delhi06:14 → 07:1412:0048 min12:000 min28 Jun
Kolkata06:14 → 07:1411:1648 min11:160 min28 Jun
Singapore08:44 → 09:4412:4448 min12:440 min28 Jun
Sydney10:44 → 11:4411:3448 min11:3510 min29 Jun
Suva12:44 → 13:4411:450 min11:4648 min29 Jun
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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