Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2003

Friday 4 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 522 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Friday 4 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 5 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 Fri 4 Jul to 02:22 on Sat 5 Jul.

    2003-07-03T19:16:43Z → 2003-07-04T18:22:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 4th, 11:58–12:46 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 31296 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2003: Friday 4 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2003 falls on Friday 4 July. Pañcamī runs from 03:17 on Fri 4 Jul to 02:22 on Sat 5 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 4 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 4 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:17 → 11:2212:3348 min12:330 min3 Jul
Chicago14:17 → 13:2212:310 min12:3148 min4 Jul
Jersey City15:17 → 14:2212:360 min12:3748 min4 Jul
Port of Spain15:17 → 14:2211:460 min11:4648 min4 Jul
London20:17 → 19:2212:400 min12:4148 min4 Jul
Durban21:17 → 20:2211:360 min11:3648 min4 Jul
Dubai23:17 → 22:2211:590 min11:5948 min4 Jul
Delhi00:47 → 23:5212:010 min12:0148 min4 Jul
Kolkata00:47 → 23:5211:170 min11:1748 min4 Jul
Singapore03:17 → 02:2212:450 min12:4548 min4 Jul
Sydney05:17 → 04:2211:350 min11:3548 min4 Jul
Suva07:17 → 06:2211:460 min11:4748 min4 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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