Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2004

Wednesday 23 June

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 51 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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 23 June

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

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 12:57 on Tue 22 Jun to 14:16 on Wed 23 Jun.

    2004-06-22T04:56:44Z → 2004-06-23T06:15:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:18–12:06 on the 22nd, 11:18–12:06 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 3046 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Daqing, 2004: Wednesday 23 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Skanda Pañcamī 2004 falls on Wednesday 23 June. Pañcamī runs from 12:57 on Tue 22 Jun to 14:16 on Wed 23 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2004/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 23 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 23 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:57 → 23:1612:3148 min12:310 min22 Jun
Chicago23:57 → 01:1612:2948 min12:290 min22 Jun
Jersey City00:57 → 02:1612:3448 min12:350 min22 Jun
Port of Spain00:57 → 02:1611:4448 min11:440 min22 Jun
London05:57 → 07:1612:3948 min12:390 min22 Jun
Durban06:57 → 08:1611:3448 min11:340 min22 Jun
Dubai08:57 → 10:1611:5748 min11:570 min22 Jun
Delhi10:27 → 11:4611:5948 min11:590 min22 Jun
Kolkata10:27 → 11:4611:1548 min11:1531 min23 Jun
Singapore12:57 → 14:1612:4334 min12:4348 min23 Jun
Sydney14:57 → 16:1611:330 min11:3348 min23 Jun
Suva16:57 → 18:1611:440 min11:4448 min23 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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