Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1924

Wednesday 9 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 603 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 Wednesday 9 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 10 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 23:24 on Tue 8 Apr to 01:53 on Thu 10 Apr.

    1924-04-08T15:23:43Z → 1924-04-09T17:52:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 9th, 11:56–12:44 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 36181 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1924: Wednesday 9 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1924 falls on Wednesday 9 April. Pañcamī runs from 23:24 on Tue 8 Apr to 01:53 on Thu 10 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1924/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:24 → 09:5311:3148 min11:310 min8 Apr
Chicago09:24 → 11:5311:2948 min11:2924 min8 Apr
Jersey City10:24 → 12:5311:3548 min11:3448 min8 Apr
Port of Spain11:24 → 13:5311:4448 min11:4448 min8 Apr
London15:24 → 17:5311:390 min11:3948 min9 Apr
Durban17:24 → 19:5311:340 min11:3348 min9 Apr
Dubai19:24 → 21:5311:570 min11:5748 min9 Apr
Delhi20:54 → 23:2311:590 min11:5948 min9 Apr
Kolkata20:54 → 23:2311:150 min11:1448 min9 Apr
Singapore22:24 → 00:5311:430 min11:4248 min9 Apr
Sydney01:24 → 03:5311:330 min11:3348 min9 Apr
Suva03:24 → 05:5311:440 min11:4448 min9 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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