Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2012

Sunday 24 June

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 557 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 Saturday 23 June

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:43  13:31 madhyāhna ends
11:5512:1912:4313:0713:3113:5514:19

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 24 June

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:43  13:31 madhyāhna ends
11:5512:1912:4313:0713:3113:5514:19

48 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 23:06 on Sat 23 Jun to 22:48 on Sun 24 Jun.

    2012-06-23T18:35:33Z → 2012-06-24T18:18:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:43–13:31 on the 23rd, 12:43–13:31 on the 24th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 33445 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Tehran, 2012: Sunday 24 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Skanda Pañcamī 2012 falls on Sunday 24 June. Pañcamī runs from 23:06 on Sat 23 Jun to 22:48 on Sun 24 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/2012/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 24 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 24 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 24 Jun
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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:36 → 11:1812:3148 min12:320 min23 Jun
Chicago13:36 → 13:1812:290 min12:2948 min24 Jun
Jersey City14:36 → 14:1812:350 min12:3548 min24 Jun
Port of Spain14:36 → 14:1811:440 min11:4548 min24 Jun
London19:36 → 19:1812:390 min12:3948 min24 Jun
Durban20:36 → 20:1811:340 min11:3448 min24 Jun
Dubai22:36 → 22:1811:570 min11:5748 min24 Jun
Delhi00:06 → 23:4811:590 min12:0048 min24 Jun
Kolkata00:06 → 23:4811:150 min11:1548 min24 Jun
Singapore02:36 → 02:1812:430 min12:4348 min24 Jun
Sydney04:36 → 04:1811:330 min11:3448 min24 Jun
Suva06:36 → 06:1811:450 min11:4548 min24 Jun
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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