Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2071

Wednesday 1 July

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 06 s away. Say “contested”.

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 Wednesday 1 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:01:18
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45

Midday of Thursday 2 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 12:01 on Wed 1 Jul to 09:28 on Thu 2 Jul.

    2071-07-01T04:01:19Z → 2071-07-02T01:27:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 1st, 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 45 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 186 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2071: Wednesday 1 July.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2071 falls on Wednesday 1 July. Pañcamī runs from 12:01 on Wed 1 Jul to 09:28 on Thu 2 Jul and covers 45 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 3 min 06 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2071/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 1 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 1 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 1 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:01 → 18:2812:3348 min12:330 min1 Jul
Chicago23:01 → 20:2812:3148 min12:310 min1 Jul
Jersey City00:01 → 21:2812:3648 min12:370 min1 Jul
Port of Spain00:01 → 21:2811:4648 min11:460 min1 Jul
London05:01 → 02:2812:4148 min12:410 min1 Jul
Durban06:01 → 03:2811:3648 min11:360 min1 Jul
Dubai08:01 → 05:2811:5948 min11:590 min1 Jul
Delhi09:31 → 06:5812:0148 min12:010 min1 Jul
Kolkata09:31 → 06:5811:1748 min11:170 min1 Jul
Singapore12:01 → 09:2812:4548 min12:450 min1 Jul
Sydney14:01 → 11:2811:350 min11:360 min2 Jul
Suva16:01 → 13:2811:460 min11:4748 min2 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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