Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2008

Monday 7 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 636 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 Sunday 6 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 7 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 00:15 on Mon 7 Jul to 23:23 on Mon 7 Jul.

    2008-07-06T16:14:54Z → 2008-07-07T15:23:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 6th, 11:59–12:47 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 38173 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2008: Monday 7 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2008 falls on Monday 7 July. Pañcamī runs from 00:15 on Mon 7 Jul to 23:23 on Mon 7 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2008/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 7 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 7 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:15 → 08:2312:3448 min12:340 min6 Jul
Chicago11:15 → 10:2312:3148 min12:310 min6 Jul
Jersey City12:15 → 11:2312:3748 min12:370 min6 Jul
Port of Spain12:15 → 11:2311:4720 min11:470 min6 Jul
London17:15 → 16:2312:410 min12:4148 min7 Jul
Durban18:15 → 17:2311:370 min11:3748 min7 Jul
Dubai20:15 → 19:2312:000 min12:0048 min7 Jul
Delhi21:45 → 20:5312:020 min12:0248 min7 Jul
Kolkata21:45 → 20:5311:170 min11:1748 min7 Jul
Singapore00:15 → 23:2312:450 min12:4648 min7 Jul
Sydney02:15 → 01:2311:360 min11:3648 min7 Jul
Suva04:15 → 03:2311:470 min11:4748 min7 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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