Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1939

Saturday 25 March

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 07 s away. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 25 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:00:59
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 26 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:30:26
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

0 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 12:01 on Sat 25 Mar to 11:30 on Sun 26 Mar.

    1939-03-25T04:01:00Z → 1939-03-26T03:30:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 25th, 12:01–12:49 on the 26th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 7 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1939: Saturday 25 March.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1939 falls on Saturday 25 March. Pañcamī runs from 12:01 on Sat 25 Mar to 11:30 on Sun 26 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 0 min 07 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1939/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 25 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 25 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 25 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:01 → 19:3011:3548 min11:350 min25 Mar
Chicago22:01 → 21:3011:3348 min11:330 min25 Mar
Jersey City23:01 → 22:3011:3948 min11:390 min25 Mar
Port of Spain00:01 → 23:3011:4848 min11:480 min25 Mar
London04:01 → 03:3011:4348 min11:430 min25 Mar
Durban06:01 → 05:3011:3848 min11:380 min25 Mar
Dubai08:01 → 07:3012:0148 min12:010 min25 Mar
Delhi09:31 → 09:0012:0448 min12:030 min25 Mar
Kolkata09:31 → 09:0011:1948 min11:190 min25 Mar
Singapore11:21 → 10:5012:0748 min12:070 min25 Mar
Sydney14:01 → 13:3011:370 min11:3748 min26 Mar
Suva16:01 → 15:3011:490 min11:4848 min26 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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