Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1908

Saturday 4 July

Determinatein Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 24 s.

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30°00′ N 120°35′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1795855

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 3 July

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 4 July

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

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:44:03
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

6 of 48 minutes covered, the first 6

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 09:18 on Fri 3 Jul to 11:44 on Sat 4 Jul.

    1908-07-03T01:18:08Z → 1908-07-04T03:44:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:37–12:25 on the 3rd, 11:38–12:26 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 6 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 384 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Shaoxing, 1908: Saturday 4 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Shaoxing, Skanda Pañcamī 1908 falls on Saturday 4 July. Pañcamī runs from 09:18 on Fri 3 Jul to 11:44 on Sat 4 Jul and covers 6 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/shaoxing/festivals/1908/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 4 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 4 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 4 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Shaoxing.

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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:18 → 19:4411:3348 min11:330 min3 Jul
Chicago19:18 → 21:4411:3048 min11:310 min3 Jul
Jersey City20:18 → 22:4411:3648 min11:360 min3 Jul
Port of Spain21:18 → 23:4411:4648 min11:460 min3 Jul
London01:18 → 03:4411:4048 min11:400 min3 Jul
Durban03:18 → 05:4411:3648 min11:360 min3 Jul
Dubai04:59 → 07:2511:4048 min11:400 min3 Jul
Delhi06:48 → 09:1412:0148 min12:010 min3 Jul
Kolkata06:48 → 09:1411:1648 min11:170 min3 Jul
Singapore08:18 → 10:4411:4448 min11:450 min3 Jul
Sydney11:18 → 13:4411:3548 min11:3548 min4 Jul
Suva13:13 → 15:3911:410 min11:4148 min4 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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