Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1938

Tuesday 5 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 235 minutes.

Decide it for

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 4 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 5 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 18:58 on Mon 4 Apr to 16:41 on Tue 5 Apr.

    1938-04-04T10:57:43Z → 1938-04-05T08:40:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 4th, 11:57–12:45 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 14111 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1938: Tuesday 5 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1938 falls on Tuesday 5 April. Pañcamī runs from 18:58 on Mon 4 Apr to 16:41 on Tue 5 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1938/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 5 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 5 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:58 → 00:4111:3248 min11:320 min4 Apr
Chicago04:58 → 02:4111:3048 min11:300 min4 Apr
Jersey City05:58 → 03:4111:3648 min11:360 min4 Apr
Port of Spain06:58 → 04:4111:4548 min11:450 min4 Apr
London10:58 → 08:4111:4048 min11:400 min4 Apr
Durban12:58 → 10:4111:350 min11:350 min5 Apr
Dubai14:58 → 12:4111:580 min11:5843 min5 Apr
Delhi16:28 → 14:1112:010 min12:0048 min5 Apr
Kolkata16:28 → 14:1111:160 min11:1648 min5 Apr
Singapore18:18 → 16:0112:040 min12:0448 min5 Apr
Sydney20:58 → 18:4111:340 min11:3448 min5 Apr
Suva22:58 → 20:4111:460 min11:4548 min5 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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