Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2034

Thursday 20 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 542 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 Wednesday 19 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 20 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

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 21:50 on Wed 19 Jul to 22:33 on Thu 20 Jul.

    2034-07-19T13:50:13Z → 2034-07-20T14:33:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 19th, 12:00–12:48 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 32515 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2034: Thursday 20 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2034 falls on Thursday 20 July. Pañcamī runs from 21:50 on Wed 19 Jul to 22:33 on Thu 20 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2034/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 20 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 20 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:50 → 07:3312:3548 min12:350 min19 Jul
Chicago08:50 → 09:3312:3348 min12:330 min19 Jul
Jersey City09:50 → 10:3312:3848 min12:390 min19 Jul
Port of Spain09:50 → 10:3311:4848 min11:480 min19 Jul
London14:50 → 15:3312:420 min12:4348 min20 Jul
Durban15:50 → 16:3311:380 min11:3848 min20 Jul
Dubai17:50 → 18:3312:010 min12:0148 min20 Jul
Delhi19:20 → 20:0312:030 min12:0348 min20 Jul
Kolkata19:20 → 20:0311:190 min11:1948 min20 Jul
Singapore21:50 → 22:3312:470 min12:4748 min20 Jul
Sydney23:50 → 00:3311:380 min11:3848 min20 Jul
Suva01:50 → 02:3311:490 min11:4948 min20 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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