Midday of Friday 8 July
Qualifies with 29 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:55 12:43 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:14:35
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31
29 of 48 minutes covered, the last 29
Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2016
Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 8 July
Qualifies with 29 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
29 of 48 minutes covered, the last 29
Midday of Saturday 9 July
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pañcamī runs from 12:15 on Fri 8 Jul to 13:06 on Sat 9 Jul.
2016-07-08T07:14:35Z → 2016-07-09T08:06:29Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 8th, 11:55–12:43 on the 9th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 29 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1168 s
Ruling
Skanda Pañcamī, Multan, 2016: Saturday 9 July.
confidence: determinate
In Multan, Skanda Pañcamī 2016 falls on Saturday 9 July. Pañcamī runs from 12:15 on Fri 8 Jul to 13:06 on Sat 9 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 29 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 9 Jul |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 9 Jul |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 9 Jul |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/skanda-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 5 Skanda pancami (paraviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pañcamī | Madhyāhna 8th | Covered | Madhyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:15 → 01:06 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:34 | 0 min | 8 Jul |
| Chicago | 02:15 → 03:06 | 12:32 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 8 Jul |
| Jersey City | 03:15 → 04:06 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:37 | 0 min | 8 Jul |
| Port of Spain | 03:15 → 04:06 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:47 | 0 min | 8 Jul |
| London | 08:15 → 09:06 | 12:41 | 48 min | 12:42 | 0 min | 8 Jul |
| Durban | 09:15 → 10:06 | 11:37 | 48 min | 11:37 | 0 min | 8 Jul |
| Dubai | 11:15 → 12:06 | 12:00 | 48 min | 12:00 | 7 min | 9 Jul |
| Delhi | 12:45 → 13:36 | 12:02 | 6 min | 12:02 | 48 min | 9 Jul |
| Kolkata | 12:45 → 13:36 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 9 Jul |
| Singapore | 15:15 → 16:06 | 12:46 | 0 min | 12:46 | 48 min | 9 Jul |
| Sydney | 17:15 → 18:06 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:36 | 48 min | 9 Jul |
| Suva | 19:15 → 20:06 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 9 Jul |