Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1999

Saturday 17 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 558 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 Saturday 17 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 18 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 02:42 on Sat 17 Jul to 02:28 on Sun 18 Jul.

    1999-07-16T18:41:35Z → 1999-07-17T18:27:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 17th, 12:00–12:48 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 33506 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 1999: Saturday 17 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 1999 falls on Saturday 17 July. Pañcamī runs from 02:42 on Sat 17 Jul to 02:28 on Sun 18 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1999/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 17 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 17 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:42 → 11:2812:3548 min12:350 min16 Jul
Chicago13:42 → 13:2812:320 min12:3248 min17 Jul
Jersey City14:42 → 14:2812:380 min12:3848 min17 Jul
Port of Spain14:42 → 14:2811:480 min11:4848 min17 Jul
London19:42 → 19:2812:420 min12:4248 min17 Jul
Durban20:42 → 20:2811:380 min11:3848 min17 Jul
Dubai22:42 → 22:2812:010 min12:0148 min17 Jul
Delhi00:12 → 23:5812:030 min12:0348 min17 Jul
Kolkata00:12 → 23:5811:180 min11:1948 min17 Jul
Singapore02:42 → 02:2812:470 min12:4748 min17 Jul
Sydney04:42 → 04:2811:370 min11:3748 min17 Jul
Suva06:42 → 06:2811:480 min11:4848 min17 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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