Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2006

Friday 30 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 335 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 30 June

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 1 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 04:06 on Fri 30 Jun to 06:22 on Sat 1 Jul.

    2006-06-29T20:06:05Z → 2006-06-30T22:22:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 30th, 11:58–12:46 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 20128 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2006: Friday 30 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2006 falls on Friday 30 June. Pañcamī runs from 04:06 on Fri 30 Jun to 06:22 on Sat 1 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2006/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 30 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 30 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:06 → 15:2212:3214 min12:3348 min30 Jun
Chicago15:06 → 17:2212:300 min12:3048 min30 Jun
Jersey City16:06 → 18:2212:360 min12:3648 min30 Jun
Port of Spain16:06 → 18:2211:460 min11:4648 min30 Jun
London21:06 → 23:2212:400 min12:4048 min30 Jun
Durban22:06 → 00:2211:350 min11:3648 min30 Jun
Dubai00:06 → 02:2211:580 min11:5848 min30 Jun
Delhi01:36 → 03:5212:000 min12:0148 min30 Jun
Kolkata01:36 → 03:5211:160 min11:1648 min30 Jun
Singapore04:06 → 06:2212:440 min12:4448 min30 Jun
Sydney06:06 → 08:2211:350 min11:3548 min30 Jun
Suva08:06 → 10:2211:460 min11:4648 min30 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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