Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1934

Tuesday 20 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 209 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 Monday 19 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:03  12:51 madhyāhna ends
11:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:1513:39

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 20 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 16:19 on Mon 19 Mar to 17:04 on Tue 20 Mar.

    1934-03-19T08:19:19Z → 1934-03-20T09:04:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:03–12:51 on the 19th, 12:02–12:50 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 12524 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1934: Tuesday 20 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1934 falls on Tuesday 20 March. Pañcamī runs from 16:19 on Mon 19 Mar to 17:04 on Tue 20 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1934/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 20 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 20 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:19 → 01:0411:3748 min11:370 min19 Mar
Chicago02:19 → 03:0411:3548 min11:350 min19 Mar
Jersey City03:19 → 04:0411:4148 min11:400 min19 Mar
Port of Spain04:19 → 05:0411:5048 min11:500 min19 Mar
London08:19 → 09:0411:4548 min11:450 min19 Mar
Durban10:19 → 11:0411:4048 min11:390 min19 Mar
Dubai12:19 → 13:0412:0332 min12:0348 min19 Mar
Delhi13:49 → 14:3412:050 min12:0548 min20 Mar
Kolkata13:49 → 14:3411:210 min11:2148 min20 Mar
Singapore15:39 → 16:2412:090 min12:0848 min20 Mar
Sydney18:19 → 19:0411:390 min11:3948 min20 Mar
Suva20:19 → 21:0411:500 min11:5048 min20 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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