Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2024

Thursday 11 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 13 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Wednesday 10 July

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 11 July

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:34:07
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

35 of 48 minutes covered, the first 35

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 10:23 on Wed 10 Jul to 12:34 on Thu 11 Jul.

    2024-07-10T02:22:35Z → 2024-07-11T04:34:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 10th, 12:00–12:48 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 35 of 48 on the 11th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 806 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2024: Thursday 11 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2024 falls on Thursday 11 July. Pañcamī runs from 10:23 on Wed 10 Jul to 12:34 on Thu 11 Jul and covers 35 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2024/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 11 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 11 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:23 → 21:3412:3448 min12:340 min10 Jul
Chicago21:23 → 23:3412:3248 min12:320 min10 Jul
Jersey City22:23 → 00:3412:3848 min12:380 min10 Jul
Port of Spain22:23 → 00:3411:4848 min11:480 min10 Jul
London03:23 → 05:3412:4248 min12:420 min10 Jul
Durban04:23 → 06:3411:3748 min11:380 min10 Jul
Dubai06:23 → 08:3412:0048 min12:000 min10 Jul
Delhi07:53 → 10:0412:0248 min12:030 min10 Jul
Kolkata07:53 → 10:0411:1848 min11:180 min10 Jul
Singapore10:23 → 12:3412:4648 min12:460 min10 Jul
Sydney12:23 → 14:3411:372 min11:3748 min11 Jul
Suva14:23 → 16:3411:480 min11:4848 min11 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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