Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1978

Monday 10 July

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 504 minutes.

Decide it for

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44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 9 July

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 Monday 10 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

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 21:08 on Sun 9 Jul to 22:55 on Mon 10 Jul.

    1978-07-09T19:08:29Z → 1978-07-10T20:54:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 9th, 11:57–12:45 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 30241 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Bucharest, 1978: Monday 10 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Skanda Pañcamī 1978 falls on Monday 10 July. Pañcamī runs from 21:08 on Sun 9 Jul to 22:55 on Mon 10 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1978/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 10 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 10 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 10 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:08 → 13:5512:3448 min12:3448 min10 Jul
Chicago14:08 → 15:5512:320 min12:3248 min10 Jul
Jersey City15:08 → 16:5512:370 min12:3748 min10 Jul
Port of Spain15:08 → 16:5511:470 min11:4748 min10 Jul
London20:08 → 21:5512:410 min12:4148 min10 Jul
Durban21:08 → 22:5511:370 min11:3748 min10 Jul
Dubai23:08 → 00:5512:000 min12:0048 min10 Jul
Delhi00:38 → 02:2512:020 min12:0248 min10 Jul
Kolkata00:38 → 02:2511:180 min11:1848 min10 Jul
Singapore02:38 → 04:2512:160 min12:1648 min10 Jul
Sydney05:08 → 06:5511:360 min11:3648 min10 Jul
Suva07:08 → 08:5511:470 min11:4848 min10 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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