Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2016

Saturday 9 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 147 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 Friday 8 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 Saturday 9 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 15:15 on Fri 8 Jul to 16:06 on Sat 9 Jul.

    2016-07-08T07:14:35Z → 2016-07-09T08:06:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 8th, 11:59–12:47 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 8849 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2016: Saturday 9 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2016 falls on Saturday 9 July. Pañcamī runs from 15:15 on Fri 8 Jul to 16:06 on Sat 9 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2016/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 9 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 9 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:15 → 01:0612:3448 min12:340 min8 Jul
Chicago02:15 → 03:0612:3248 min12:320 min8 Jul
Jersey City03:15 → 04:0612:3748 min12:370 min8 Jul
Port of Spain03:15 → 04:0611:4748 min11:470 min8 Jul
London08:15 → 09:0612:4148 min12:420 min8 Jul
Durban09:15 → 10:0611:3748 min11:370 min8 Jul
Dubai11:15 → 12:0612:0048 min12:007 min9 Jul
Delhi12:45 → 13:3612:026 min12:0248 min9 Jul
Kolkata12:45 → 13:3611:180 min11:1848 min9 Jul
Singapore15:15 → 16:0612:460 min12:4648 min9 Jul
Sydney17:15 → 18:0611:360 min11:3648 min9 Jul
Suva19:15 → 20:0611:470 min11:4848 min9 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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