Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2021

Wednesday 14 July

Determinatein Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 362 minutes.

Decide it for

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24°41′ N 46°43′ E · Asia/Riyadh · GeoNames 108410

The two middays

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 11:35  12:23 madhyāhna ends
10:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:11

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 15 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:35  12:23 madhyāhna ends
10:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:11

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

    2021-07-14T02:32:53Z → 2021-07-15T01:46:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:35–12:23 on the 14th, 11:35–12:23 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 21722 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Riyadh, 2021: Wednesday 14 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Riyadh, 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/riyadh/festivals/2021/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

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 Riyadh.

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 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
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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