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Ruling · 2021 · Doha

Skanda Pañcamī

Wednesday 14 July2021 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 343 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 343 minutes.

Decide it forDohaDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City25°17′ N 51°32′ E · Asia/Qatar · GeoNames 290030

The two middays मध्याह्न

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Wednesday 14 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:16  12:04 madhyāhna ends
10:2810:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:52

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 15 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:16  12:04 madhyāhna ends
10:2810:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:52

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 05:33 on Wed 14 Jul to 04:46 on Thu 15 Jul.

    2021-07-14T02:32:53Z → 2021-07-15T01:46:29Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:16–12:04 on the 14th, 11:16–12:04 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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.

    one day qualifies → only-day · margin 20568 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Doha, 2021: Wednesday 14 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Skanda Pañcamī 2021 falls on Wednesday 14 July. Pañcamī runs from 05:33 on Wed 14 Jul to 04:46 on Thu 15 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2021/skanda-panchamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Doha.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:33 → 18:4612:3548 min12:350 min14 Jul
Chicago21:33 → 20:4612:3248 min12:320 min14 Jul
Jersey City22:33 → 21:4612:3848 min12:380 min14 Jul
Port of Spain22:33 → 21:4611:4848 min11:480 min14 Jul
London03:33 → 02:4612:4248 min12:420 min14 Jul
Durban04:33 → 03:4611:3848 min11:380 min14 Jul
Dubai06:33 → 05:4612:0148 min12:010 min14 Jul
Delhi08:03 → 07:1612:0348 min12:030 min14 Jul
Kolkata08:03 → 07:1611:1848 min11:180 min14 Jul
Singapore10:33 → 09:4612:4648 min12:470 min14 Jul
Sydney12:33 → 11:4611:370 min11:379 min15 Jul
Suva14:33 → 13:4611:480 min11:4848 min15 Jul
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