Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2011

Tuesday 5 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 85 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 Tuesday 5 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

Midday of Wednesday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 10:34 on Tue 5 Jul to 08:19 on Wed 6 Jul.

    2011-07-05T02:33:35Z → 2011-07-06T00:19:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 5th, 11:59–12:47 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 5097 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2011: Tuesday 5 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2011 falls on Tuesday 5 July. Pañcamī runs from 10:34 on Tue 5 Jul to 08:19 on Wed 6 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2011/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 5 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 5 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 5 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:34 → 17:1912:3348 min12:340 min5 Jul
Chicago21:34 → 19:1912:3148 min12:310 min5 Jul
Jersey City22:34 → 20:1912:3748 min12:370 min5 Jul
Port of Spain22:34 → 20:1911:4748 min11:470 min5 Jul
London03:34 → 01:1912:4148 min12:410 min5 Jul
Durban04:34 → 02:1911:3648 min11:370 min5 Jul
Dubai06:34 → 04:1911:5948 min11:590 min5 Jul
Delhi08:04 → 05:4912:0248 min12:020 min5 Jul
Kolkata08:04 → 05:4911:1748 min11:170 min5 Jul
Singapore10:34 → 08:1912:4548 min12:450 min5 Jul
Sydney12:34 → 10:1911:360 min11:360 min6 Jul
Suva14:34 → 12:1911:470 min11:4732 min6 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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