Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1937

Thursday 15 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 489 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 Wednesday 14 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 Thursday 15 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 23:32 on Wed 14 Apr to 20:51 on Thu 15 Apr.

    1937-04-14T15:31:38Z → 1937-04-15T12:51:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 14th, 11:55–12:43 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 29328 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1937: Thursday 15 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1937 falls on Thursday 15 April. Pañcamī runs from 23:32 on Wed 14 Apr to 20:51 on Thu 15 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1937/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 15 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 15 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:32 → 04:5111:3048 min11:290 min14 Apr
Chicago09:32 → 06:5111:2748 min11:270 min14 Apr
Jersey City10:32 → 07:5111:3348 min11:330 min14 Apr
Port of Spain11:32 → 08:5111:4248 min11:420 min14 Apr
London15:32 → 12:5111:370 min11:3748 min15 Apr
Durban17:32 → 14:5111:320 min11:3248 min15 Apr
Dubai19:32 → 16:5111:550 min11:5548 min15 Apr
Delhi21:02 → 18:2111:580 min11:5748 min15 Apr
Kolkata21:02 → 18:2111:130 min11:1348 min15 Apr
Singapore22:52 → 20:1112:010 min12:0148 min15 Apr
Sydney01:32 → 22:5111:310 min11:3148 min15 Apr
Suva03:32 → 00:5111:430 min11:4248 min15 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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