Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2097

Saturday 13 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 461 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 Saturday 13 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

Midday of Sunday 14 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 04:20 on Sat 13 Jul to 02:40 on Sun 14 Jul.

    2097-07-12T20:19:43Z → 2097-07-13T18:40:01Z

  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 48 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 0 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 27637 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Baoding, 2097: Saturday 13 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Skanda Pañcamī 2097 falls on Saturday 13 July. Pañcamī runs from 04:20 on Sat 13 Jul to 02:40 on Sun 14 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2097/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 13 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 13 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:20 → 11:4012:353 min12:350 min12 Jul
Chicago15:20 → 13:4012:330 min12:3348 min13 Jul
Jersey City16:20 → 14:4012:380 min12:3948 min13 Jul
Port of Spain16:20 → 14:4011:480 min11:4848 min13 Jul
London21:20 → 19:4012:420 min12:4348 min13 Jul
Durban22:20 → 20:4011:380 min11:3848 min13 Jul
Dubai00:20 → 22:4012:010 min12:0148 min13 Jul
Delhi01:50 → 00:1012:030 min12:0348 min13 Jul
Kolkata01:50 → 00:1011:190 min11:1948 min13 Jul
Singapore04:20 → 02:4012:470 min12:4748 min13 Jul
Sydney06:20 → 04:4011:380 min11:3848 min13 Jul
Suva08:20 → 06:4011:490 min11:4948 min13 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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