Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2078

Thursday 14 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 92 minutes.

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 13 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

Midday of Thursday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 14:20 on Wed 13 Jul to 15:07 on Thu 14 Jul.

    2078-07-13T06:20:09Z → 2078-07-14T07:06:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 13th, 12:00–12:48 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 5522 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2078: Thursday 14 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2078 falls on Thursday 14 July. Pañcamī runs from 14:20 on Wed 13 Jul to 15:07 on Thu 14 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2078/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 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 Angeles23:20 → 00:0712:3548 min12:350 min13 Jul
Chicago01:20 → 02:0712:3348 min12:330 min13 Jul
Jersey City02:20 → 03:0712:3848 min12:380 min13 Jul
Port of Spain02:20 → 03:0711:4848 min11:480 min13 Jul
London07:20 → 08:0712:4248 min12:420 min13 Jul
Durban08:20 → 09:0711:3848 min11:380 min13 Jul
Dubai10:20 → 11:0712:0148 min12:010 min13 Jul
Delhi11:50 → 12:3712:0348 min12:0334 min14 Jul
Kolkata11:50 → 12:3711:1916 min11:1948 min14 Jul
Singapore14:20 → 15:0712:470 min12:4748 min14 Jul
Sydney16:20 → 17:0711:370 min11:3848 min14 Jul
Suva18:20 → 19:0711:480 min11:4948 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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