Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1915

Saturday 20 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 7 min 49 s.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 20 March

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 21 March

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:57:57
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

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 10:31 on Sat 20 Mar to 12:58 on Sun 21 Mar.

    1915-03-20T02:30:42Z → 1915-03-21T04:57:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 20th, 12:02–12:50 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 469 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1915: Saturday 20 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1915 falls on Saturday 20 March. Pañcamī runs from 10:31 on Sat 20 Mar to 12:58 on Sun 21 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1915/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 20 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 20 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 20 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:31 → 20:5811:3748 min11:370 min20 Mar
Chicago20:31 → 22:5811:3548 min11:340 min20 Mar
Jersey City21:31 → 23:5811:4048 min11:400 min20 Mar
Port of Spain22:31 → 00:5811:5048 min11:500 min20 Mar
London02:31 → 04:5811:4548 min11:450 min20 Mar
Durban04:31 → 06:5811:4048 min11:390 min20 Mar
Dubai06:12 → 08:3911:4448 min11:440 min20 Mar
Delhi08:01 → 10:2812:0548 min12:050 min20 Mar
Kolkata08:01 → 10:2811:2148 min11:200 min20 Mar
Singapore09:31 → 11:5811:4948 min11:4810 min20 Mar
Sydney12:31 → 14:5811:390 min11:3948 min21 Mar
Suva14:26 → 16:5311:450 min11:4548 min21 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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