Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1901

Friday 21 June

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 120 minutes.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 20 June

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:17  12:05 madhyāhna ends
10:2910:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:53

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 21 June

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:17  12:05 madhyāhna ends
10:2910:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:53

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 14:14 on Thu 20 Jun to 14:05 on Fri 21 Jun.

    1901-06-20T06:14:03Z → 1901-06-21T06:05:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:17–12:05 on the 20th, 11:17–12:05 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 7183 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Daqing, 1901: Friday 21 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Skanda Pañcamī 1901 falls on Friday 21 June. Pañcamī runs from 14:14 on Thu 20 Jun to 14:05 on Fri 21 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1901/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 21 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 21 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 21 Jun
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:14 → 22:0511:3048 min11:300 min20 Jun
Chicago00:14 → 00:0511:2848 min11:280 min20 Jun
Jersey City01:14 → 01:0511:3448 min11:340 min20 Jun
Port of Spain02:14 → 02:0511:4348 min11:430 min20 Jun
London06:14 → 06:0511:3848 min11:380 min20 Jun
Durban07:44 → 07:3511:0348 min11:030 min20 Jun
Dubai09:55 → 09:4611:3748 min11:370 min20 Jun
Delhi11:35 → 11:2611:4948 min11:490 min20 Jun
Kolkata11:35 → 11:2611:0518 min11:0521 min21 Jun
Singapore13:09 → 13:0011:370 min11:3748 min21 Jun
Sydney16:14 → 16:0511:320 min11:3248 min21 Jun
Suva18:09 → 18:0011:380 min11:3948 min21 Jun
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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