Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2086

Tuesday 16 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 17 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 Monday 15 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 Tuesday 16 July

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

madhyāhna begins 11:22  12:10 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:53:12
10:3410:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:58

31 of 48 minutes covered, the first 31

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 09:48 on Mon 15 Jul to 11:53 on Tue 16 Jul.

    2086-07-15T01:48:26Z → 2086-07-16T03:53:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:22–12:10 on the 15th, 11:22–12:10 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 31 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 1023 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Daqing, 2086: Tuesday 16 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Skanda Pañcamī 2086 falls on Tuesday 16 July. Pañcamī runs from 09:48 on Mon 15 Jul to 11:53 on Tue 16 Jul and covers 31 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/2086/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:48 → 20:5312:3548 min12:350 min15 Jul
Chicago20:48 → 22:5312:3348 min12:330 min15 Jul
Jersey City21:48 → 23:5312:3948 min12:390 min15 Jul
Port of Spain21:48 → 23:5311:4948 min11:490 min15 Jul
London02:48 → 04:5312:4348 min12:430 min15 Jul
Durban03:48 → 05:5311:3848 min11:390 min15 Jul
Dubai05:48 → 07:5312:0148 min12:010 min15 Jul
Delhi07:18 → 09:2312:0348 min12:040 min15 Jul
Kolkata07:18 → 09:2311:1948 min11:190 min15 Jul
Singapore09:48 → 11:5312:4748 min12:470 min15 Jul
Sydney11:48 → 13:5311:3837 min11:3848 min16 Jul
Suva13:48 → 15:5311:490 min11:4948 min16 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

About Ahargaṇa