Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2009

Saturday 27 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 44 minutes.

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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 Friday 26 June

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 27 June

Taken. Pañcamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:13:19
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 13:47 on Fri 26 Jun to 11:13 on Sat 27 Jun.

    2009-06-26T05:46:52Z → 2009-06-27T03:13:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 26th, 11:57–12:45 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 2628 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2009: Saturday 27 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2009 falls on Saturday 27 June. Pañcamī runs from 13:47 on Fri 26 Jun to 11:13 on Sat 27 Jun, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2009/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 27 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 27 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:47 → 20:1312:3248 min12:320 min26 Jun
Chicago00:47 → 22:1312:2948 min12:300 min26 Jun
Jersey City01:47 → 23:1312:3548 min12:350 min26 Jun
Port of Spain01:47 → 23:1311:4548 min11:450 min26 Jun
London06:47 → 04:1312:3948 min12:390 min26 Jun
Durban07:47 → 05:1311:3548 min11:350 min26 Jun
Dubai09:47 → 07:1311:5848 min11:580 min26 Jun
Delhi11:17 → 08:4312:0048 min12:000 min26 Jun
Kolkata11:17 → 08:4311:1547 min11:160 min26 Jun
Singapore13:47 → 11:1312:430 min12:440 min27 Jun
Sydney15:47 → 13:1311:340 min11:3448 min27 Jun
Suva17:47 → 15:1311:450 min11:4548 min27 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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