Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2014

Wednesday 2 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 481 minutes.

Decide it for

DaqingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 2 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

Midday of Thursday 3 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 00:54 on Wed 2 Jul to 03:19 on Thu 3 Jul.

    2014-07-01T16:53:35Z → 2014-07-02T19:19:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:20–12:08 on the 2nd, 11:20–12:08 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 28854 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Daqing, 2014: Wednesday 2 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Skanda Pañcamī 2014 falls on Wednesday 2 July. Pañcamī runs from 00:54 on Wed 2 Jul to 03:19 on Thu 3 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2014/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 2 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 2 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:54 → 12:1912:3348 min12:330 min1 Jul
Chicago11:54 → 14:1912:3048 min12:3148 min2 Jul
Jersey City12:54 → 15:1912:3631 min12:3648 min2 Jul
Port of Spain12:54 → 15:1911:460 min11:4648 min2 Jul
London17:54 → 20:1912:400 min12:4048 min2 Jul
Durban18:54 → 21:1911:360 min11:3648 min2 Jul
Dubai20:54 → 23:1911:590 min11:5948 min2 Jul
Delhi22:24 → 00:4912:010 min12:0148 min2 Jul
Kolkata22:24 → 00:4911:160 min11:1748 min2 Jul
Singapore00:54 → 03:1912:440 min12:4548 min2 Jul
Sydney02:54 → 05:1911:350 min11:3548 min2 Jul
Suva04:54 → 07:1911:460 min11:4648 min2 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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