Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1921

Wednesday 13 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 29 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 Tuesday 12 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 13:12:57
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 13 April

Taken. Pañcamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:26:10
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 13:13 on Tue 12 Apr to 11:26 on Wed 13 Apr.

    1921-04-12T05:12:58Z → 1921-04-13T03:26:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 12th, 11:55–12:43 on the 13th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 1742 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1921: Wednesday 13 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1921 falls on Wednesday 13 April. Pañcamī runs from 13:13 on Tue 12 Apr to 11:26 on Wed 13 Apr, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1921/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 13 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 13 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 12 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:13 → 19:2611:3048 min11:300 min12 Apr
Chicago00:13 → 22:2612:2848 min12:280 min12 Apr
Jersey City00:13 → 22:2611:3448 min11:330 min12 Apr
Port of Spain01:13 → 23:2611:4348 min11:430 min12 Apr
London06:13 → 04:2612:3848 min12:380 min12 Apr
Durban07:13 → 05:2611:3348 min11:320 min12 Apr
Dubai09:13 → 07:2611:5648 min11:560 min12 Apr
Delhi10:43 → 08:5611:5848 min11:580 min12 Apr
Kolkata10:43 → 08:5611:1448 min11:130 min12 Apr
Singapore12:13 → 10:2611:4217 min11:410 min12 Apr
Sydney15:13 → 13:2611:320 min11:3248 min13 Apr
Suva17:13 → 15:2611:430 min11:4348 min13 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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