Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1903

Thursday 2 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 416 minutes.

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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 Thursday 2 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 3 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 05:02 on Thu 2 Apr to 03:11 on Fri 3 Apr.

    1903-04-01T21:02:27Z → 1903-04-02T19:10:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 2nd, 11:58–12:46 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 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 24964 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1903: Thursday 2 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1903 falls on Thursday 2 April. Pañcamī runs from 05:02 on Thu 2 Apr to 03:11 on Fri 3 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1903/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 2 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 2 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 2 Apr
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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:02 → 11:1111:330 min11:330 min2 Apr
Chicago15:02 → 13:1111:310 min11:3148 min2 Apr
Jersey City16:02 → 14:1111:370 min11:3748 min2 Apr
Port of Spain17:02 → 15:1111:460 min11:4648 min2 Apr
London21:02 → 19:1111:410 min11:4148 min2 Apr
Durban23:02 → 21:1111:360 min11:3648 min2 Apr
Dubai00:43 → 22:5211:400 min11:4048 min2 Apr
Delhi02:23 → 00:3211:530 min11:5248 min2 Apr
Kolkata02:23 → 00:3211:080 min11:0848 min2 Apr
Singapore03:57 → 02:0611:400 min11:4048 min2 Apr
Sydney07:02 → 05:1111:350 min11:3548 min2 Apr
Suva08:57 → 07:0611:420 min11:4148 min2 Apr
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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