Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2040

Saturday 14 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 494 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 Saturday 14 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

Midday of Sunday 15 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 02:13 on Sat 14 Jul to 03:46 on Sun 15 Jul.

    2040-07-13T18:13:29Z → 2040-07-14T19:46:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 14th, 12:00–12:48 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 29624 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2040: Saturday 14 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2040 falls on Saturday 14 July. Pañcamī runs from 02:13 on Sat 14 Jul to 03:46 on Sun 15 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2040/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 14 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 14 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:13 → 12:4612:3548 min12:3511 min14 Jul
Chicago13:13 → 14:4612:327 min12:3248 min14 Jul
Jersey City14:13 → 15:4612:380 min12:3848 min14 Jul
Port of Spain14:13 → 15:4611:480 min11:4848 min14 Jul
London19:13 → 20:4612:420 min12:4248 min14 Jul
Durban20:13 → 21:4611:380 min11:3848 min14 Jul
Dubai22:13 → 23:4612:010 min12:0148 min14 Jul
Delhi23:43 → 01:1612:030 min12:0348 min14 Jul
Kolkata23:43 → 01:1611:180 min11:1848 min14 Jul
Singapore02:13 → 03:4612:460 min12:4748 min14 Jul
Sydney04:13 → 05:4611:370 min11:3748 min14 Jul
Suva06:13 → 07:4611:480 min11:4848 min14 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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