Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1912

Saturday 23 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 433 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 Saturday 23 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 Sunday 24 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 04:49 on Sat 23 Mar to 03:32 on Sun 24 Mar.

    1912-03-22T20:48:31Z → 1912-03-23T19:32:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 23rd, 12:01–12:49 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 25969 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1912: Saturday 23 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1912 falls on Saturday 23 March. Pañcamī runs from 04:49 on Sat 23 Mar to 03:32 on Sun 24 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1912/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 23 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 23 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:49 → 11:3211:360 min11:360 min23 Mar
Chicago14:49 → 13:3211:340 min11:3448 min23 Mar
Jersey City15:49 → 14:3211:400 min11:3948 min23 Mar
Port of Spain16:49 → 15:3211:490 min11:4948 min23 Mar
London20:49 → 19:3211:440 min11:4448 min23 Mar
Durban22:49 → 21:3211:390 min11:3848 min23 Mar
Dubai00:30 → 23:1311:430 min11:4348 min23 Mar
Delhi02:19 → 01:0212:040 min12:0448 min23 Mar
Kolkata02:19 → 01:0211:200 min11:2048 min23 Mar
Singapore03:49 → 02:3211:480 min11:4748 min23 Mar
Sydney06:49 → 05:3211:380 min11:3848 min23 Mar
Suva08:44 → 07:2711:440 min11:4448 min23 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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