Midday of Friday 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
Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1919
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 15 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 4 April
Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 5 April
Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.
46 of 48 minutes covered, the first 46
Aṅga
Pañcamī runs from 15:21 on Fri 4 Apr to 12:43 on Sat 5 Apr.
1919-04-04T07:21:07Z → 1919-04-05T04:43:20Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 4th, 11:58–12:46 on the 5th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 46 of 48 on the 5th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 135 s < 300 s
Ruling
Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1919: Saturday 5 April.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1919 falls on Saturday 5 April. Pañcamī runs from 15:21 on Fri 4 Apr to 12:43 on Sat 5 Apr and covers 46 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 2 min 15 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 5 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 5 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 5 Apr |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/lakshmi-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 5 Sri pancami or Laksmi pancami (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pañcamī | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Madhyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:21 → 21:43 | 12:32 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| Chicago | 02:21 → 23:43 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:30 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| Jersey City | 03:21 → 00:43 | 12:36 | 48 min | 12:36 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| Port of Spain | 03:21 → 00:43 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| London | 08:21 → 05:43 | 12:40 | 48 min | 12:40 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| Durban | 09:21 → 06:43 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:35 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| Dubai | 11:02 → 08:24 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 4 Apr |
| Delhi | 12:51 → 10:13 | 12:01 | 0 min | 12:00 | 0 min | 5 Apr |
| Kolkata | 12:51 → 10:13 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 5 Apr |
| Singapore | 14:21 → 11:43 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 5 Apr |
| Sydney | 17:21 → 14:43 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:34 | 48 min | 5 Apr |
| Suva | 19:21 → 16:43 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 5 Apr |