Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1926

Saturday 17 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 132 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 Friday 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

Midday of Saturday 17 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 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 14:54 on Fri 16 Apr to 15:16 on Sat 17 Apr.

    1926-04-16T06:54:25Z → 1926-04-17T07:16:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 16th, 11:54–12:42 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 7914 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1926: Saturday 17 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1926 falls on Saturday 17 April. Pañcamī runs from 14:54 on Fri 16 Apr to 15:16 on Sat 17 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1926/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 17 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 17 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:54 → 23:1611:2948 min11:290 min16 Apr
Chicago00:54 → 01:1611:2748 min11:270 min16 Apr
Jersey City01:54 → 02:1611:3348 min11:320 min16 Apr
Port of Spain02:54 → 03:1611:4248 min11:420 min16 Apr
London06:54 → 07:1611:3748 min11:370 min16 Apr
Durban08:54 → 09:1611:3248 min11:310 min16 Apr
Dubai10:54 → 11:1611:5548 min11:550 min16 Apr
Delhi12:24 → 12:4611:5721 min11:5748 min16 Apr
Kolkata12:24 → 12:4611:130 min11:1248 min17 Apr
Singapore13:54 → 14:1611:410 min11:4048 min17 Apr
Sydney16:54 → 17:1611:310 min11:3148 min17 Apr
Suva18:54 → 19:1611:420 min11:4248 min17 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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