Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1923

Thursday 22 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 161 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 Thursday 22 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 23 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 07:06 on Thu 22 Mar to 09:20 on Fri 23 Mar.

    1923-03-21T23:06:23Z → 1923-03-23T01:20:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 22nd, 12:02–12:50 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 9685 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1923: Thursday 22 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1923 falls on Thursday 22 March. Pañcamī runs from 07:06 on Thu 22 Mar to 09:20 on Fri 23 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1923/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 22 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 22 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:06 → 17:2011:370 min11:360 min22 Mar
Chicago17:06 → 19:2011:340 min11:340 min22 Mar
Jersey City18:06 → 20:2011:400 min11:400 min22 Mar
Port of Spain19:06 → 21:2011:500 min11:490 min22 Mar
London23:06 → 01:2011:450 min11:440 min22 Mar
Durban01:06 → 03:2011:390 min11:390 min22 Mar
Dubai03:06 → 05:2012:030 min12:020 min22 Mar
Delhi04:36 → 06:5012:050 min12:040 min22 Mar
Kolkata04:36 → 06:5011:200 min11:200 min22 Mar
Singapore06:06 → 08:2011:480 min11:480 min22 Mar
Sydney09:06 → 11:2011:390 min11:380 min22 Mar
Suva11:06 → 13:2011:500 min11:4948 min22 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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