Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1996

Sunday 21 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 13 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 Saturday 20 July

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:22  12:10 madhyāhna ends
10:3410:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:58

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 21 July

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:22  12:10 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:35:05
10:3410:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:58

13 of 48 minutes covered, the first 13

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 09:42 on Sat 20 Jul to 11:35 on Sun 21 Jul.

    1996-07-20T01:42:17Z → 1996-07-21T03:35:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:22–12:10 on the 20th, 11:22–12:10 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 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 13 of 48 on the 21st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 783 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Daqing, 1996: Sunday 21 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Skanda Pañcamī 1996 falls on Sunday 21 July. Pañcamī runs from 09:42 on Sat 20 Jul to 11:35 on Sun 21 Jul and covers 13 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1996/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 21 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 21 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:42 → 20:3512:3548 min12:350 min20 Jul
Chicago20:42 → 22:3512:3348 min12:330 min20 Jul
Jersey City21:42 → 23:3512:3848 min12:380 min20 Jul
Port of Spain21:42 → 23:3511:4848 min11:480 min20 Jul
London02:42 → 04:3512:4248 min12:420 min20 Jul
Durban03:42 → 05:3511:3848 min11:380 min20 Jul
Dubai05:42 → 07:3512:0148 min12:010 min20 Jul
Delhi07:12 → 09:0512:0348 min12:030 min20 Jul
Kolkata07:12 → 09:0511:1948 min11:190 min20 Jul
Singapore09:42 → 11:3512:4748 min12:470 min20 Jul
Sydney11:42 → 13:3511:3843 min11:3848 min21 Jul
Suva13:42 → 15:3511:490 min11:4948 min21 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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