Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1921

Saturday 9 July

Determinatein Pyongyang, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 242 minutes.

Decide it for

39°02′ N 125°45′ E · Asia/Pyongyang · GeoNames 1871859

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 9 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:18  13:06 madhyāhna ends
11:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:3013:54

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 10 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:18  13:06 madhyāhna ends
11:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:3013:54

0 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 08:16 on Sat 9 Jul to 05:30 on Sun 10 Jul.

    1921-07-08T23:16:07Z → 1921-07-09T20:29:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:18–13:06 on the 9th, 12:18–13:06 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 14495 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Pyongyang, 1921: Saturday 9 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Pyongyang, Skanda Pañcamī 1921 falls on Saturday 9 July. Pañcamī runs from 08:16 on Sat 9 Jul to 05:30 on Sun 10 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/pyongyang/festivals/1921/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 9 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 9 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 9 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Pyongyang.

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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:16 → 12:3011:340 min11:3448 min9 Jul
Chicago18:16 → 15:3012:310 min12:3148 min9 Jul
Jersey City19:16 → 16:3012:370 min12:3748 min9 Jul
Port of Spain19:16 → 16:3011:470 min11:4748 min9 Jul
London00:16 → 21:3012:410 min12:4148 min9 Jul
Durban01:16 → 22:3011:370 min11:3748 min9 Jul
Dubai03:16 → 00:3011:590 min12:0048 min9 Jul
Delhi04:46 → 02:0012:020 min12:0248 min9 Jul
Kolkata04:46 → 02:0011:170 min11:1748 min9 Jul
Singapore06:16 → 03:3011:450 min11:4548 min9 Jul
Sydney09:16 → 06:3011:360 min11:3648 min9 Jul
Suva11:16 → 08:3011:470 min11:4748 min9 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

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