Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1901

Sunday 24 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 295 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 24 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 25 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 07:06 on Sun 24 Mar to 04:31 on Mon 25 Mar.

    1901-03-23T23:05:53Z → 1901-03-24T20:30:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 24th, 12:01–12:49 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 17715 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1901: Sunday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1901 falls on Sunday 24 March. Pañcamī runs from 07:06 on Sun 24 Mar to 04:31 on Mon 25 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1901/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 24 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/lakshmi-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pañcamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 5 Sri pancami or Laksmi pancami (purvaviddha).” 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 Angeles15:06 → 12:3111:360 min11:3648 min24 Mar
Chicago17:06 → 14:3111:340 min11:3348 min24 Mar
Jersey City18:06 → 15:3111:390 min11:3948 min24 Mar
Port of Spain19:06 → 16:3111:490 min11:4948 min24 Mar
London23:06 → 20:3111:440 min11:4448 min24 Mar
Durban00:36 → 22:0111:090 min11:0848 min24 Mar
Dubai02:47 → 00:1211:430 min11:4348 min24 Mar
Delhi04:27 → 01:5211:550 min11:5548 min24 Mar
Kolkata04:27 → 01:5211:110 min11:1048 min24 Mar
Singapore06:01 → 03:2611:430 min11:4248 min24 Mar
Sydney09:06 → 06:3111:380 min11:3848 min24 Mar
Suva11:01 → 08:2611:440 min11:4448 min24 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
lakshmi-panchami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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