Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2053

Sunday 20 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 16 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 19 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:22  12:10 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:48:22
10:3410:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:58

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 20 July

Taken. Pañcamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:22  12:10 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:06:40
10:3410:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:58

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 12:48 on Sat 19 Jul to 11:07 on Sun 20 Jul.

    2053-07-19T04:48:22Z → 2053-07-20T03:06:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:22–12:10 on the 19th, 11:22–12:10 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 932 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Daqing, 2053: Sunday 20 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Skanda Pañcamī 2053 falls on Sunday 20 July. Pañcamī runs from 12:48 on Sat 19 Jul to 11:07 on Sun 20 Jul, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2053/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 20 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 20 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:48 → 20:0712:3548 min12:350 min19 Jul
Chicago23:48 → 22:0712:3348 min12:330 min19 Jul
Jersey City00:48 → 23:0712:3948 min12:390 min19 Jul
Port of Spain00:48 → 23:0711:4948 min11:490 min19 Jul
London05:48 → 04:0712:4348 min12:430 min19 Jul
Durban06:48 → 05:0711:3848 min11:390 min19 Jul
Dubai08:48 → 07:0712:0148 min12:010 min19 Jul
Delhi10:18 → 08:3712:0348 min12:030 min19 Jul
Kolkata10:18 → 08:3711:1948 min11:190 min19 Jul
Singapore12:48 → 11:0712:4747 min12:470 min19 Jul
Sydney14:48 → 13:0711:380 min11:3848 min20 Jul
Suva16:48 → 15:0711:490 min11:4948 min20 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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