Midday of Wednesday 12 July
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:00 12:48 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 11:58:03
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2051
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 40 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 12 July
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 13 July
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pañcamī runs from 11:58 on Wed 12 Jul to 13:32 on Thu 13 Jul.
2051-07-12T03:58:04Z → 2051-07-13T05:32:20Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 12th, 12:00–12:48 on the 13th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 100 s < 300 s
Ruling
Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2051: Thursday 13 July.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2051 falls on Thursday 13 July. Pañcamī runs from 11:58 on Wed 12 Jul to 13:32 on Thu 13 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 1 min 40 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 13 Jul |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 13 Jul |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 13 Jul |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/skanda-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 5 Skanda pancami (paraviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pañcamī | Madhyāhna 12th | Covered | Madhyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:58 → 22:32 | 12:35 | 48 min | 12:35 | 0 min | 12 Jul |
| Chicago | 22:58 → 00:32 | 12:32 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 12 Jul |
| Jersey City | 23:58 → 01:32 | 12:38 | 48 min | 12:38 | 0 min | 12 Jul |
| Port of Spain | 23:58 → 01:32 | 11:48 | 48 min | 11:48 | 0 min | 12 Jul |
| London | 04:58 → 06:32 | 12:42 | 48 min | 12:42 | 0 min | 12 Jul |
| Durban | 05:58 → 07:32 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 12 Jul |
| Dubai | 07:58 → 09:32 | 12:00 | 48 min | 12:01 | 0 min | 12 Jul |
| Delhi | 09:28 → 11:02 | 12:03 | 48 min | 12:03 | 0 min | 12 Jul |
| Kolkata | 09:28 → 11:02 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 12 Jul |
| Singapore | 11:58 → 13:32 | 12:46 | 48 min | 12:46 | 46 min | 13 Jul |
| Sydney | 13:58 → 15:32 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:37 | 48 min | 13 Jul |
| Suva | 15:58 → 17:32 | 11:48 | 0 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 13 Jul |