Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2061

Wednesday 22 June

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 47 s away. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 21 June

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 22 June

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:41:36
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

45 of 48 minutes covered, the first 45

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 14:06 on Tue 21 Jun to 12:42 on Wed 22 Jun.

    2061-06-21T06:05:47Z → 2061-06-22T04:41:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 21st, 11:56–12:44 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 45 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 167 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2061: Wednesday 22 June.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2061 falls on Wednesday 22 June. Pañcamī runs from 14:06 on Tue 21 Jun to 12:42 on Wed 22 Jun and covers 45 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 2 min 47 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2061/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:06 → 21:4212:3148 min12:310 min21 Jun
Chicago01:06 → 23:4212:2948 min12:290 min21 Jun
Jersey City02:06 → 00:4212:3448 min12:350 min21 Jun
Port of Spain02:06 → 00:4211:4448 min11:440 min21 Jun
London07:06 → 05:4212:3948 min12:390 min21 Jun
Durban08:06 → 06:4211:3448 min11:340 min21 Jun
Dubai10:06 → 08:4211:5748 min11:570 min21 Jun
Delhi11:36 → 10:1211:5948 min11:590 min21 Jun
Kolkata11:36 → 10:1211:1527 min11:150 min21 Jun
Singapore14:06 → 12:4212:430 min12:430 min22 Jun
Sydney16:06 → 14:4211:330 min11:3348 min22 Jun
Suva18:06 → 16:4211:440 min11:4548 min22 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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