Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2010

Friday 16 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 20 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 Thursday 15 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 Friday 16 July

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

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:39:31
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 14:36 on Thu 15 Jul to 11:40 on Fri 16 Jul.

    2010-07-15T06:35:48Z → 2010-07-16T03:39:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 15th, 12:00–12:48 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 1229 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2010: Friday 16 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2010 falls on Friday 16 July. Pañcamī runs from 14:36 on Thu 15 Jul to 11:40 on Fri 16 Jul, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2010/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 16 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 16 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:36 → 20:4012:3548 min12:350 min15 Jul
Chicago01:36 → 22:4012:3248 min12:320 min15 Jul
Jersey City02:36 → 23:4012:3848 min12:380 min15 Jul
Port of Spain02:36 → 23:4011:4848 min11:480 min15 Jul
London07:36 → 04:4012:4248 min12:420 min15 Jul
Durban08:36 → 05:4011:3848 min11:380 min15 Jul
Dubai10:36 → 07:4012:0148 min12:010 min15 Jul
Delhi12:06 → 09:1012:0345 min12:030 min15 Jul
Kolkata12:06 → 09:1011:181 min11:190 min15 Jul
Singapore14:36 → 11:4012:470 min12:470 min16 Jul
Sydney16:36 → 13:4011:370 min11:3748 min16 Jul
Suva18:36 → 15:4011:480 min11:4848 min16 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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