Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2020

Thursday 25 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 39 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 25 June

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 11:17:59
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 11:18 on Thu 25 Jun to 09:33 on Fri 26 Jun.

    2020-06-25T03:18:00Z → 2020-06-26T01:33:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 25th, 11:57–12:45 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 2330 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2020: Thursday 25 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2020 falls on Thursday 25 June. Pañcamī runs from 11:18 on Thu 25 Jun to 09:33 on Fri 26 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2020/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 25 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 25 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 25 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:18 → 18:3312:3248 min12:320 min25 Jun
Chicago22:18 → 20:3312:2948 min12:300 min25 Jun
Jersey City23:18 → 21:3312:3548 min12:350 min25 Jun
Port of Spain23:18 → 21:3311:4548 min11:450 min25 Jun
London04:18 → 02:3312:3948 min12:390 min25 Jun
Durban05:18 → 03:3311:3548 min11:350 min25 Jun
Dubai07:18 → 05:3311:5748 min11:580 min25 Jun
Delhi08:48 → 07:0312:0048 min12:000 min25 Jun
Kolkata08:48 → 07:0311:1548 min11:150 min25 Jun
Singapore11:18 → 09:3312:4348 min12:440 min25 Jun
Sydney13:18 → 11:3311:340 min11:340 min26 Jun
Suva15:18 → 13:3311:450 min11:4548 min26 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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