Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2038

Wednesday 7 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 262 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 Tuesday 6 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 7 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

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 18:47 on Tue 6 Jul to 17:09 on Wed 7 Jul.

    2038-07-06T10:46:53Z → 2038-07-07T09:09:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 6th, 11:59–12:47 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 15729 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2038: Wednesday 7 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2038 falls on Wednesday 7 July. Pañcamī runs from 18:47 on Tue 6 Jul to 17:09 on Wed 7 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2038/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 7 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 7 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:47 → 02:0912:3448 min12:340 min6 Jul
Chicago05:47 → 04:0912:3148 min12:320 min6 Jul
Jersey City06:47 → 05:0912:3748 min12:370 min6 Jul
Port of Spain06:47 → 05:0911:4748 min11:470 min6 Jul
London11:47 → 10:0912:4148 min12:410 min6 Jul
Durban12:47 → 11:0911:370 min11:370 min7 Jul
Dubai14:47 → 13:0912:000 min12:0048 min7 Jul
Delhi16:17 → 14:3912:020 min12:0248 min7 Jul
Kolkata16:17 → 14:3911:170 min11:1748 min7 Jul
Singapore18:47 → 17:0912:450 min12:4648 min7 Jul
Sydney20:47 → 19:0911:360 min11:3648 min7 Jul
Suva22:47 → 21:0911:470 min11:4748 min7 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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