Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 1995

Monday 3 July

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 14 minutes.

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35°42′ N 51°25′ E · Asia/Tehran · GeoNames 112931

The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 2 July

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:44  13:32 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:12:38
11:5612:2012:4413:0813:3213:5614:20

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 3 July

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

madhyāhna begins 12:44  13:32 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:58:48
11:5612:2012:4413:0813:3213:5614:20

14 of 48 minutes covered, the first 14

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 12:13 on Sun 2 Jul to 12:59 on Mon 3 Jul.

    1995-07-02T07:42:38Z → 1995-07-03T08:28:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:44–13:32 on the 2nd, 12:44–13:32 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 14 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 868 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Tehran, 1995: Monday 3 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Skanda Pañcamī 1995 falls on Monday 3 July. Pañcamī runs from 12:13 on Sun 2 Jul to 12:59 on Mon 3 Jul and covers 14 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/tehran/festivals/1995/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 3 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 3 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 3 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran.

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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:43 → 01:2912:3348 min12:330 min2 Jul
Chicago02:43 → 03:2912:3048 min12:310 min2 Jul
Jersey City03:43 → 04:2912:3648 min12:360 min2 Jul
Port of Spain03:43 → 04:2911:4648 min11:460 min2 Jul
London08:43 → 09:2912:4048 min12:400 min2 Jul
Durban09:43 → 10:2911:3648 min11:360 min2 Jul
Dubai11:43 → 12:2911:5948 min11:5930 min3 Jul
Delhi13:13 → 13:5912:010 min12:0148 min3 Jul
Kolkata13:13 → 13:5911:160 min11:1748 min3 Jul
Singapore15:43 → 16:2912:440 min12:4548 min3 Jul
Sydney17:43 → 18:2911:350 min11:3548 min3 Jul
Suva19:43 → 20:2911:460 min11:4648 min3 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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