Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1925

Friday 26 June

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 26 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 25 June

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 11:20:46
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 26 June

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

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

48 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 11:21 on Thu 25 Jun to 13:34 on Fri 26 Jun.

    1925-06-25T16:20:47Z → 1925-06-26T18:33:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 25th, 11:47–12:35 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 1543 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Lima, 1925: Friday 26 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Skanda Pañcamī 1925 falls on Friday 26 June. Pañcamī runs from 11:21 on Thu 25 Jun to 13:34 on Fri 26 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/1925/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 Jun
No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima.

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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:21 → 10:3411:3148 min11:320 min25 Jun
Chicago11:21 → 13:3412:2948 min12:2948 min26 Jun
Jersey City12:21 → 14:3412:3548 min12:3548 min26 Jun
Port of Spain12:21 → 14:3411:4412 min11:4548 min26 Jun
London17:21 → 19:3412:390 min12:3948 min26 Jun
Durban18:21 → 20:3411:340 min11:3448 min26 Jun
Dubai20:21 → 22:3411:570 min11:5748 min26 Jun
Delhi21:51 → 00:0411:590 min12:0048 min26 Jun
Kolkata21:51 → 00:0411:150 min11:1548 min26 Jun
Singapore23:21 → 01:3411:430 min11:4348 min26 Jun
Sydney02:21 → 04:3411:330 min11:3448 min26 Jun
Suva04:21 → 06:3411:450 min11:4548 min26 Jun
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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