Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1936

Friday 27 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 418 minutes.

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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 Thursday 26 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 27 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

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 22:05 on Thu 26 Mar to 19:46 on Fri 27 Mar.

    1936-03-26T14:05:01Z → 1936-03-27T11:46:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 26th, 12:00–12:48 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 25100 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1936: Friday 27 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1936 falls on Friday 27 March. Pañcamī runs from 22:05 on Thu 26 Mar to 19:46 on Fri 27 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1936/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 27 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 27 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:05 → 03:4611:3548 min11:350 min26 Mar
Chicago09:05 → 06:4612:3348 min12:320 min26 Mar
Jersey City09:05 → 06:4611:3848 min11:380 min26 Mar
Port of Spain10:05 → 07:4611:4848 min11:480 min26 Mar
London14:05 → 11:4611:430 min11:424 min27 Mar
Durban16:05 → 13:4611:370 min11:3748 min27 Mar
Dubai18:05 → 15:4612:010 min12:0048 min27 Mar
Delhi19:35 → 17:1612:030 min12:0348 min27 Mar
Kolkata19:35 → 17:1611:190 min11:1848 min27 Mar
Singapore21:25 → 19:0612:060 min12:0648 min27 Mar
Sydney00:05 → 21:4611:370 min11:3748 min27 Mar
Suva02:05 → 23:4611:480 min11:4848 min27 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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