Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2066

Monday 28 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 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 Sunday 27 June

Qualifies with 33 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:12:18
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

33 of 48 minutes covered, the last 33

Midday of Monday 28 June

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 13:30:03
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 12:12 on Sun 27 Jun to 13:30 on Mon 28 Jun.

    2066-06-27T04:12:19Z → 2066-06-28T05:30:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 27th, 11:58–12:46 on the 28th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 33 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 893 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2066: Monday 28 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2066 falls on Monday 28 June. Pañcamī runs from 12:12 on Sun 27 Jun to 13:30 on Mon 28 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 33 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2066/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 28 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 28 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:12 → 22:3012:3248 min12:330 min27 Jun
Chicago23:12 → 00:3012:3048 min12:300 min27 Jun
Jersey City00:12 → 01:3012:3648 min12:360 min27 Jun
Port of Spain00:12 → 01:3011:4648 min11:460 min27 Jun
London05:12 → 06:3012:4048 min12:400 min27 Jun
Durban06:12 → 07:3011:3548 min11:360 min27 Jun
Dubai08:12 → 09:3011:5848 min11:580 min27 Jun
Delhi09:42 → 11:0012:0048 min12:010 min27 Jun
Kolkata09:42 → 11:0011:1648 min11:160 min27 Jun
Singapore12:12 → 13:3012:4448 min12:4446 min28 Jun
Sydney14:12 → 15:3011:350 min11:3548 min28 Jun
Suva16:12 → 17:3011:460 min11:4648 min28 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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