Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1981

Monday 6 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 461 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 Sunday 5 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:20  12:08 madhyāhna ends
10:3210:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:56

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 6 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:20  12:08 madhyāhna ends
10:3210:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:56

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 19:54 on Sun 5 Jul to 19:49 on Mon 6 Jul.

    1981-07-05T11:54:09Z → 1981-07-06T11:49:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:20–12:08 on the 5th, 11:20–12:08 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 27643 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Daqing, 1981: Monday 6 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Skanda Pañcamī 1981 falls on Monday 6 July. Pañcamī runs from 19:54 on Sun 5 Jul to 19:49 on Mon 6 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1981/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 6 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 6 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 6 Jul
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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:54 → 04:4912:3348 min12:340 min5 Jul
Chicago06:54 → 06:4912:3148 min12:310 min5 Jul
Jersey City07:54 → 07:4912:3748 min12:370 min5 Jul
Port of Spain07:54 → 07:4911:4748 min11:470 min5 Jul
London12:54 → 12:4912:4135 min12:418 min6 Jul
Durban13:54 → 13:4911:360 min11:3748 min6 Jul
Dubai15:54 → 15:4911:590 min11:5948 min6 Jul
Delhi17:24 → 17:1912:010 min12:0248 min6 Jul
Kolkata17:24 → 17:1911:170 min11:1748 min6 Jul
Singapore19:24 → 19:1912:150 min12:1548 min6 Jul
Sydney21:54 → 21:4911:360 min11:3648 min6 Jul
Suva23:54 → 23:4911:470 min11:4748 min6 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

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