Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1911

Monday 3 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 108 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Monday 3 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 4 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 10:10 on Mon 3 Apr to 07:33 on Tue 4 Apr.

    1911-04-03T02:10:13Z → 1911-04-03T23:32:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd, 11:58–12:46 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 6479 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1911: Monday 3 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1911 falls on Monday 3 April. Pañcamī runs from 10:10 on Mon 3 Apr to 07:33 on Tue 4 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1911/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 3 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 3 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 3 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:10 → 15:3311:3348 min11:320 min3 Apr
Chicago20:10 → 17:3311:3148 min11:300 min3 Apr
Jersey City21:10 → 18:3311:3648 min11:360 min3 Apr
Port of Spain22:10 → 19:3311:4648 min11:450 min3 Apr
London02:10 → 23:3311:4148 min11:400 min3 Apr
Durban04:10 → 01:3311:3548 min11:350 min3 Apr
Dubai05:51 → 03:1411:4048 min11:390 min3 Apr
Delhi07:40 → 05:0312:0148 min12:010 min3 Apr
Kolkata07:40 → 05:0311:1648 min11:160 min3 Apr
Singapore09:10 → 06:3311:4448 min11:440 min3 Apr
Sydney12:10 → 09:3311:3512 min11:340 min3 Apr
Suva14:05 → 11:2811:410 min11:410 min4 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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