Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1928

Monday 26 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 20 s.

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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 Sunday 25 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 26 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:40:01
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

40 of 48 minutes covered, the first 40

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 15:24 on Sun 25 Mar to 12:40 on Mon 26 Mar.

    1928-03-25T07:23:42Z → 1928-03-26T04:40:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 25th, 12:00–12:48 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 40 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 500 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1928: Monday 26 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1928 falls on Monday 26 March. Pañcamī runs from 15:24 on Sun 25 Mar to 12:40 on Mon 26 Mar and covers 40 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1928/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 26 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 26 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:24 → 20:4011:3548 min11:350 min25 Mar
Chicago01:24 → 22:4011:3348 min11:330 min25 Mar
Jersey City02:24 → 23:4011:3948 min11:380 min25 Mar
Port of Spain03:24 → 00:4011:4848 min11:480 min25 Mar
London07:24 → 04:4011:4348 min11:430 min25 Mar
Durban09:24 → 06:4011:3848 min11:370 min25 Mar
Dubai11:24 → 08:4012:0148 min12:010 min25 Mar
Delhi12:54 → 10:1012:030 min12:030 min26 Mar
Kolkata12:54 → 10:1011:190 min11:190 min26 Mar
Singapore14:24 → 11:4011:470 min11:460 min26 Mar
Sydney17:24 → 14:4011:370 min11:3748 min26 Mar
Suva19:24 → 16:4011:480 min11:4848 min26 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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