Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1909

Friday 26 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 42 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 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

Midday of Friday 26 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 13:30:12
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 15:14 on Thu 25 Mar to 13:30 on Fri 26 Mar.

    1909-03-25T07:13:46Z → 1909-03-26T05:30:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 25th, 12:00–12:48 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 2503 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1909: Friday 26 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1909 falls on Friday 26 March. Pañcamī runs from 15:14 on Thu 25 Mar to 13:30 on Fri 26 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1909/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:14 → 21:3011:3548 min11:350 min25 Mar
Chicago01:14 → 23:3011:3348 min11:330 min25 Mar
Jersey City02:14 → 00:3011:3948 min11:390 min25 Mar
Port of Spain03:14 → 01:3011:4848 min11:480 min25 Mar
London07:14 → 05:3011:4348 min11:430 min25 Mar
Durban09:14 → 07:3011:3848 min11:380 min25 Mar
Dubai10:55 → 09:1111:4248 min11:420 min25 Mar
Delhi12:44 → 11:0012:048 min12:030 min25 Mar
Kolkata12:44 → 11:0011:190 min11:190 min26 Mar
Singapore14:14 → 12:3011:470 min11:4744 min26 Mar
Sydney17:14 → 15:3011:370 min11:3748 min26 Mar
Suva19:09 → 17:2511:440 min11:4348 min26 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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