Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2025

Sunday 29 June

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 20 s away. Say “contested”.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 29 June

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 11:45:02
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 30 June

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:54:25
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 11:45 on Sun 29 Jun to 11:54 on Mon 30 Jun.

    2025-06-29T03:45:03Z → 2025-06-30T03:54:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 29th, 11:58–12:46 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 200 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2025: Sunday 29 June.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2025 falls on Sunday 29 June. Pañcamī runs from 11:45 on Sun 29 Jun to 11:54 on Mon 30 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 3 min 20 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2025/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 29 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 29 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:45 → 20:5412:3348 min12:330 min29 Jun
Chicago22:45 → 22:5412:3048 min12:300 min29 Jun
Jersey City23:45 → 23:5412:3648 min12:360 min29 Jun
Port of Spain23:45 → 23:5411:4648 min11:460 min29 Jun
London04:45 → 04:5412:4048 min12:400 min29 Jun
Durban05:45 → 05:5411:3548 min11:360 min29 Jun
Dubai07:45 → 07:5411:5848 min11:580 min29 Jun
Delhi09:15 → 09:2412:0148 min12:010 min29 Jun
Kolkata09:15 → 09:2411:1648 min11:160 min29 Jun
Singapore11:45 → 11:5412:4448 min12:440 min29 Jun
Sydney13:45 → 13:5411:350 min11:3548 min30 Jun
Suva15:45 → 15:5411:460 min11:4648 min30 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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