Midday of Tuesday 22 June
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:31 12:19 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 10:56:44
10:4311:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:07
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2004
Boundaryin Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 17 s away. Say “contested”.
Decide it for
22°20′ N 91°50′ E · Asia/Dhaka · GeoNames 1205733
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 22 June
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 23 June
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
45 of 48 minutes covered, the first 45
Aṅga
Pañcamī runs from 10:57 on Tue 22 Jun to 12:16 on Wed 23 Jun.
2004-06-22T04:56:44Z → 2004-06-23T06:15:36Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:31–12:19 on the 22nd, 11:31–12:19 on the 23rd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 45 of 48 on the 23rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 197 s < 300 s
Ruling
Skanda Pañcamī, Chattogram, 2004: Wednesday 23 June.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Chattogram, Skanda Pañcamī 2004 falls on Wednesday 23 June. Pañcamī runs from 10:57 on Tue 22 Jun to 12:16 on Wed 23 Jun and covers 45 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 3 min 17 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 23 Jun |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 23 Jun |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 23 Jun |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/skanda-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 5 Skanda pancami (paraviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pañcamī | Madhyāhna 22nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:57 → 23:16 | 12:31 | 48 min | 12:31 | 0 min | 22 Jun |
| Chicago | 23:57 → 01:16 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 22 Jun |
| Jersey City | 00:57 → 02:16 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:35 | 0 min | 22 Jun |
| Port of Spain | 00:57 → 02:16 | 11:44 | 48 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 22 Jun |
| London | 05:57 → 07:16 | 12:39 | 48 min | 12:39 | 0 min | 22 Jun |
| Durban | 06:57 → 08:16 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:34 | 0 min | 22 Jun |
| Dubai | 08:57 → 10:16 | 11:57 | 48 min | 11:57 | 0 min | 22 Jun |
| Delhi | 10:27 → 11:46 | 11:59 | 48 min | 11:59 | 0 min | 22 Jun |
| Kolkata | 10:27 → 11:46 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:15 | 31 min | 23 Jun |
| Singapore | 12:57 → 14:16 | 12:43 | 34 min | 12:43 | 48 min | 23 Jun |
| Sydney | 14:57 → 16:16 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 23 Jun |
| Suva | 16:57 → 18:16 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 23 Jun |