Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1939

Wednesday 21 June

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 122 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Wednesday 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

Midday of Thursday 22 June

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:18  12:06 madhyāhna ends
10:3010:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:54

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 09:15 on Wed 21 Jun to 06:19 on Thu 22 Jun.

    1939-06-21T01:14:59Z → 1939-06-21T22:19:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:17–12:05 on the 21st, 11:18–12:06 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 7344 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Daqing, 1939: Wednesday 21 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Skanda Pañcamī 1939 falls on Wednesday 21 June. Pañcamī runs from 09:15 on Wed 21 Jun to 06:19 on Thu 22 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1939/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 21 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 21 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:15 → 14:1911:3048 min11:310 min21 Jun
Chicago20:15 → 17:1912:2848 min12:280 min21 Jun
Jersey City21:15 → 18:1912:3448 min12:340 min21 Jun
Port of Spain21:15 → 18:1911:4448 min11:440 min21 Jun
London02:15 → 23:1912:3848 min12:380 min21 Jun
Durban03:15 → 00:1911:3348 min11:340 min21 Jun
Dubai05:15 → 02:1911:5648 min11:560 min21 Jun
Delhi06:45 → 03:4911:5848 min11:590 min21 Jun
Kolkata06:45 → 03:4911:1448 min11:140 min21 Jun
Singapore08:35 → 05:3912:0248 min12:020 min21 Jun
Sydney11:15 → 08:1911:3348 min11:330 min21 Jun
Suva13:15 → 10:1911:440 min11:440 min22 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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