Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1929

Sunday 14 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 188 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 Saturday 13 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 Sunday 14 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

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 18:27 on Sat 13 Apr to 15:51 on Sun 14 Apr.

    1929-04-13T10:26:48Z → 1929-04-14T07:50:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 13th, 11:55–12:43 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 11282 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1929: Sunday 14 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1929 falls on Sunday 14 April. Pañcamī runs from 18:27 on Sat 13 Apr to 15:51 on Sun 14 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1929/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 14 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 14 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:27 → 23:5111:3048 min11:300 min13 Apr
Chicago04:27 → 01:5111:2848 min11:270 min13 Apr
Jersey City05:27 → 02:5111:3348 min11:330 min13 Apr
Port of Spain06:27 → 03:5111:4348 min11:420 min13 Apr
London10:27 → 07:5111:3848 min11:370 min13 Apr
Durban12:27 → 09:5111:320 min11:320 min14 Apr
Dubai14:27 → 11:5111:560 min11:550 min14 Apr
Delhi15:57 → 13:2111:580 min11:5848 min14 Apr
Kolkata15:57 → 13:2111:130 min11:1348 min14 Apr
Singapore17:27 → 14:5111:410 min11:4148 min14 Apr
Sydney20:27 → 17:5111:320 min11:3148 min14 Apr
Suva22:27 → 19:5111:430 min11:4348 min14 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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