Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1918

Monday 15 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 658 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 15 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 16 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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 00:57 on Mon 15 Apr to 23:41 on Mon 15 Apr.

    1918-04-14T16:56:58Z → 1918-04-15T15:41:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 15th, 11:55–12:43 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 39467 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1918: Monday 15 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1918 falls on Monday 15 April. Pañcamī runs from 00:57 on Mon 15 Apr to 23:41 on Mon 15 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1918/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 15 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 15 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:57 → 08:4112:3048 min12:290 min14 Apr
Chicago11:57 → 10:4112:2748 min12:270 min14 Apr
Jersey City12:57 → 11:4112:3324 min12:330 min14 Apr
Port of Spain12:57 → 11:4111:430 min11:420 min15 Apr
London17:57 → 16:4112:370 min12:3748 min15 Apr
Durban18:57 → 17:4111:320 min11:3248 min15 Apr
Dubai20:38 → 19:2211:360 min11:3648 min15 Apr
Delhi22:27 → 21:1111:580 min11:5848 min15 Apr
Kolkata22:27 → 21:1111:130 min11:1348 min15 Apr
Singapore23:57 → 22:4111:410 min11:4148 min15 Apr
Sydney02:57 → 01:4111:310 min11:3148 min15 Apr
Suva04:57 → 03:4111:430 min11:4248 min15 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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