Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2007

Thursday 19 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 399 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Wednesday 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

Midday of Thursday 19 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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 19:27 on Wed 18 Jul to 20:57 on Thu 19 Jul.

    2007-07-18T11:26:52Z → 2007-07-19T12:56:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 18th, 12:00–12:48 on the 19th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 23924 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2007: Thursday 19 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2007 falls on Thursday 19 July. Pañcamī runs from 19:27 on Wed 18 Jul to 20:57 on Thu 19 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2007/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 19 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 19 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:27 → 05:5712:3548 min12:350 min18 Jul
Chicago06:27 → 07:5712:3348 min12:330 min18 Jul
Jersey City07:27 → 08:5712:3848 min12:380 min18 Jul
Port of Spain07:27 → 08:5711:4848 min11:480 min18 Jul
London12:27 → 13:5712:4248 min12:4248 min19 Jul
Durban13:27 → 14:5711:380 min11:3848 min19 Jul
Dubai15:27 → 16:5712:010 min12:0148 min19 Jul
Delhi16:57 → 18:2712:030 min12:0348 min19 Jul
Kolkata16:57 → 18:2711:190 min11:1948 min19 Jul
Singapore19:27 → 20:5712:470 min12:4748 min19 Jul
Sydney21:27 → 22:5711:370 min11:3848 min19 Jul
Suva23:27 → 00:5711:490 min11:4948 min19 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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