Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1910

Thursday 14 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 32 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 13 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 14 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 13:14:36
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 15:39 on Wed 13 Apr to 13:15 on Thu 14 Apr.

    1910-04-13T07:39:27Z → 1910-04-14T05:14:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 13th, 11:55–12:43 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 1894 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1910: Thursday 14 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1910 falls on Thursday 14 April. Pañcamī runs from 15:39 on Wed 13 Apr to 13:15 on Thu 14 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1910/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:39 → 21:1511:3048 min11:300 min13 Apr
Chicago01:39 → 23:1511:2848 min11:270 min13 Apr
Jersey City02:39 → 00:1511:3348 min11:330 min13 Apr
Port of Spain03:39 → 01:1511:4348 min11:430 min13 Apr
London07:39 → 05:1511:3848 min11:380 min13 Apr
Durban09:39 → 07:1511:3248 min11:320 min13 Apr
Dubai11:20 → 08:5611:3748 min11:360 min13 Apr
Delhi13:09 → 10:4511:580 min11:580 min14 Apr
Kolkata13:09 → 10:4511:130 min11:130 min14 Apr
Singapore14:39 → 12:1511:410 min11:4133 min14 Apr
Sydney17:39 → 15:1511:320 min11:3248 min14 Apr
Suva19:34 → 17:1011:380 min11:3848 min14 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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