Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2027

Wednesday 7 July

Determinatein Chicago, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 257 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Wednesday 7 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:31  13:19 madhyāhna ends
11:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:4314:07

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 8 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:32  13:20 madhyāhna ends
11:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:08

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 08:15 on Wed 7 Jul to 05:38 on Thu 8 Jul.

    2027-07-07T13:14:32Z → 2027-07-08T10:37:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:31–13:19 on the 7th, 12:32–13:20 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 15413 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Chicago, 2027: Wednesday 7 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chicago, Skanda Pañcamī 2027 falls on Wednesday 7 July. Pañcamī runs from 08:15 on Wed 7 Jul to 05:38 on Thu 8 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/chicago/festivals/2027/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 7 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 7 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 7 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:15 → 03:3812:3448 min12:340 min7 Jul
Chicago08:15 → 05:3812:3148 min12:320 min7 Jul
Jersey City09:15 → 06:3812:3748 min12:370 min7 Jul
Port of Spain09:15 → 06:3811:4748 min11:470 min7 Jul
London14:15 → 11:3812:410 min12:410 min8 Jul
Durban15:15 → 12:3811:370 min11:3748 min8 Jul
Dubai17:15 → 14:3812:000 min12:0048 min8 Jul
Delhi18:45 → 16:0812:020 min12:0248 min8 Jul
Kolkata18:45 → 16:0811:170 min11:1848 min8 Jul
Singapore21:15 → 18:3812:450 min12:4648 min8 Jul
Sydney23:15 → 20:3811:360 min11:3648 min8 Jul
Suva01:15 → 22:3811:470 min11:4748 min8 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