Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1916

Friday 7 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 456 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 Friday 7 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 8 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 02:23 on Fri 7 Apr to 04:20 on Sat 8 Apr.

    1916-04-06T18:22:31Z → 1916-04-07T20:20:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 7th, 11:57–12:45 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 27380 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1916: Friday 7 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1916 falls on Friday 7 April. Pañcamī runs from 02:23 on Fri 7 Apr to 04:20 on Sat 8 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1916/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 7 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 7 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:23 → 12:2011:3248 min11:3148 min6 Apr
Chicago12:23 → 14:2011:290 min11:2948 min7 Apr
Jersey City13:23 → 15:2011:350 min11:3548 min7 Apr
Port of Spain14:23 → 16:2011:450 min11:4448 min7 Apr
London18:23 → 20:2011:400 min11:3948 min7 Apr
Durban20:23 → 22:2011:340 min11:3448 min7 Apr
Dubai22:04 → 00:0111:390 min11:3848 min7 Apr
Delhi23:53 → 01:5012:000 min12:0048 min7 Apr
Kolkata23:53 → 01:5011:150 min11:1548 min7 Apr
Singapore01:23 → 03:2011:430 min11:4348 min7 Apr
Sydney04:23 → 06:2011:340 min11:3348 min7 Apr
Suva06:23 → 08:2011:450 min11:4548 min7 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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