Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1941

Wednesday 2 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 95 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Tuesday 1 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 2 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:58  13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34

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 15:22 on Tue 1 Apr to 17:38 on Wed 2 Apr.

    1941-04-01T06:22:00Z → 1941-04-02T08:38:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:59–13:47 on the 1st, 12:58–13:46 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 5725 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1941: Wednesday 2 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1941 falls on Wednesday 2 April. Pañcamī runs from 15:22 on Tue 1 Apr to 17:38 on Wed 2 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1941/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 2 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 2 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:22 → 00:3811:3348 min11:330 min1 Apr
Chicago00:22 → 02:3811:3148 min11:310 min1 Apr
Jersey City01:22 → 03:3811:3748 min11:360 min1 Apr
Port of Spain02:22 → 04:3811:4648 min11:460 min1 Apr
London07:22 → 09:3812:4148 min12:410 min1 Apr
Durban08:22 → 10:3811:3648 min11:350 min1 Apr
Dubai10:22 → 12:3811:5948 min11:5940 min1 Apr
Delhi11:52 → 14:0812:0148 min12:0148 min1 Apr
Kolkata11:52 → 14:0811:1713 min11:1648 min1 Apr
Singapore13:42 → 15:5812:050 min12:0448 min2 Apr
Sydney16:22 → 18:3811:350 min11:3548 min2 Apr
Suva18:22 → 20:3811:460 min11:4648 min2 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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