Ruling · Skanda Pañcamī · 2024

Wednesday 10 July

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 124 minutes.

Decide it for

UjjainDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 10 July

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 11 July

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

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 07:53 on Wed 10 Jul to 10:04 on Thu 11 Jul.

    2024-07-10T02:22:35Z → 2024-07-11T04:34:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 10th, 12:08–12:56 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 7457 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Skanda Pañcamī, Ujjain, 2024: Wednesday 10 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Skanda Pañcamī 2024 falls on Wednesday 10 July. Pañcamī runs from 07:53 on Wed 10 Jul to 10:04 on Thu 11 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2024/skanda-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 10 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 10 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 10 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:23 → 21:3412:3448 min12:340 min10 Jul
Chicago21:23 → 23:3412:3248 min12:320 min10 Jul
Jersey City22:23 → 00:3412:3848 min12:380 min10 Jul
Port of Spain22:23 → 00:3411:4848 min11:480 min10 Jul
London03:23 → 05:3412:4248 min12:420 min10 Jul
Durban04:23 → 06:3411:3748 min11:380 min10 Jul
Dubai06:23 → 08:3412:0048 min12:000 min10 Jul
Delhi07:53 → 10:0412:0248 min12:030 min10 Jul
Kolkata07:53 → 10:0411:1848 min11:180 min10 Jul
Singapore10:23 → 12:3412:4648 min12:460 min10 Jul
Sydney12:23 → 14:3411:372 min11:3748 min11 Jul
Suva14:23 → 16:3411:480 min11:4848 min11 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