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Ruling · 1920 · Datong

Skanda Pañcamī

Sunday 20 June1920 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Determinatemargin 262 min

In Datong, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 262 minutes.

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The two middays मध्याह्न

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 20 June

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 21 June

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 07:42 on Sun 20 Jun to 05:22 on Mon 21 Jun.

    1920-06-19T23:42:24Z → 1920-06-20T21:21:35Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:04–12:52 on the 20th, 12:04–12:52 on the 21st.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 15700 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Datong, 1920: Sunday 20 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Datong, Skanda Pañcamī 1920 falls on Sunday 20 June. Pañcamī runs from 07:42 on Sun 20 Jun to 05:22 on Mon 21 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/datong/festivals/1920/skanda-panchamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 20 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 20 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 20 Jun
No institution has a recorded ruling for Datong.

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 clocks

PlacePañcamīMadhyāhna 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:42 → 13:2211:300 min11:3048 min20 Jun
Chicago18:42 → 16:2212:280 min12:2848 min20 Jun
Jersey City19:42 → 17:2212:330 min12:3448 min20 Jun
Port of Spain19:42 → 17:2211:430 min11:4348 min20 Jun
London00:42 → 22:2212:380 min12:3848 min20 Jun
Durban01:42 → 23:2211:330 min11:3348 min20 Jun
Dubai03:42 → 01:2211:560 min11:5648 min20 Jun
Delhi05:12 → 02:5211:580 min11:5848 min20 Jun
Kolkata05:12 → 02:5211:140 min11:1448 min20 Jun
Singapore06:42 → 04:2211:420 min11:4248 min20 Jun
Sydney09:42 → 07:2211:320 min11:3248 min20 Jun
Suva11:42 → 09:2211:430 min11:4348 min20 Jun
This ruling as JSON · ICS
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