Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2017

Wednesday 28 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 498 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 27 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 Wednesday 28 June

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

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 22:31 on Tue 27 Jun to 21:03 on Wed 28 Jun.

    2017-06-27T14:30:38Z → 2017-06-28T13:03:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 27th, 11:57–12:45 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 29877 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2017: Wednesday 28 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2017 falls on Wednesday 28 June. Pañcamī runs from 22:31 on Tue 27 Jun to 21:03 on Wed 28 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2017/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 28 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 28 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:31 → 06:0312:3248 min12:320 min27 Jun
Chicago09:31 → 08:0312:3048 min12:300 min27 Jun
Jersey City10:31 → 09:0312:3548 min12:360 min27 Jun
Port of Spain10:31 → 09:0311:4548 min11:450 min27 Jun
London15:31 → 14:0312:390 min12:4048 min28 Jun
Durban16:31 → 15:0311:350 min11:3548 min28 Jun
Dubai18:31 → 17:0311:580 min11:5848 min28 Jun
Delhi20:01 → 18:3312:000 min12:0048 min28 Jun
Kolkata20:01 → 18:3311:160 min11:1648 min28 Jun
Singapore22:31 → 21:0312:440 min12:4448 min28 Jun
Sydney00:31 → 23:0311:340 min11:3448 min28 Jun
Suva02:31 → 01:0311:450 min11:4648 min28 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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