Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2026

Saturday 18 July

Determinatein Chicago, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 233 minutes.

Decide it for

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41°51′ N 87°39′ W · America/Chicago · GeoNames 4887398

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 17 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:33  13:21 madhyāhna ends
11:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:4514:09

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 18 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:33  13:21 madhyāhna ends
11:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:4514:09

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 18:13 on Fri 17 Jul to 17:13 on Sat 18 Jul.

    2026-07-17T23:13:13Z → 2026-07-18T22:13:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:33–13:21 on the 17th, 12:33–13:21 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 13955 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Chicago, 2026: Saturday 18 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chicago, Skanda Pañcamī 2026 falls on Saturday 18 July. Pañcamī runs from 18:13 on Fri 17 Jul to 17:13 on Sat 18 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/chicago/festivals/2026/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 18 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 18 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 18 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Chicago.

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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:13 → 15:1312:350 min12:3548 min18 Jul
Chicago18:13 → 17:1312:330 min12:3348 min18 Jul
Jersey City19:13 → 18:1312:380 min12:3848 min18 Jul
Port of Spain19:13 → 18:1311:480 min11:4848 min18 Jul
London00:13 → 23:1312:420 min12:4248 min18 Jul
Durban01:13 → 00:1311:380 min11:3848 min18 Jul
Dubai03:13 → 02:1312:010 min12:0148 min18 Jul
Delhi04:43 → 03:4312:030 min12:0348 min18 Jul
Kolkata04:43 → 03:4311:190 min11:1948 min18 Jul
Singapore07:13 → 06:1312:470 min12:4748 min18 Jul
Sydney09:13 → 08:1311:370 min11:3848 min18 Jul
Suva11:13 → 10:1311:490 min11:4948 min18 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