Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2005

Monday 11 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 254 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 Monday 11 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 Tuesday 12 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 05:31 on Mon 11 Jul to 07:46 on Tue 12 Jul.

    2005-07-10T21:31:20Z → 2005-07-11T23:45:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 11th, 12:00–12:48 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 15237 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2005: Monday 11 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2005 falls on Monday 11 July. Pañcamī runs from 05:31 on Mon 11 Jul to 07:46 on Tue 12 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2005/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 11 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 11 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:31 → 16:4612:340 min12:3448 min11 Jul
Chicago16:31 → 18:4612:320 min12:3248 min11 Jul
Jersey City17:31 → 19:4612:380 min12:3848 min11 Jul
Port of Spain17:31 → 19:4611:470 min11:4848 min11 Jul
London22:31 → 00:4612:420 min12:4248 min11 Jul
Durban23:31 → 01:4611:370 min11:3748 min11 Jul
Dubai01:31 → 03:4612:000 min12:0048 min11 Jul
Delhi03:01 → 05:1612:020 min12:0248 min11 Jul
Kolkata03:01 → 05:1611:180 min11:1848 min11 Jul
Singapore05:31 → 07:4612:460 min12:4648 min11 Jul
Sydney07:31 → 09:4611:370 min11:3748 min11 Jul
Suva09:31 → 11:4611:480 min11:4848 min11 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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