Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1942

Saturday 21 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 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 Saturday 21 March

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 13:02  13:50 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:49:29
12:1412:3813:0213:2613:5014:1414:38

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 22 March

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:02  13:50 madhyāhna ends
12:1412:3813:0213:2613:5014:1414:38

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 12:49 on Sat 21 Mar to 14:59 on Sun 22 Mar.

    1942-03-21T03:49:29Z → 1942-03-22T05:58:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:02–13:50 on the 21st, 13:02–13:50 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 748 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1942: Saturday 21 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1942 falls on Saturday 21 March. Pañcamī runs from 12:49 on Sat 21 Mar to 14:59 on Sun 22 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1942/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 21 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 21 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 21 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:49 → 22:5912:3748 min12:360 min21 Mar
Chicago22:49 → 00:5912:3448 min12:340 min21 Mar
Jersey City23:49 → 01:5912:4048 min12:400 min21 Mar
Port of Spain23:49 → 01:5911:4948 min11:490 min21 Mar
London04:49 → 06:5912:4448 min12:440 min21 Mar
Durban05:49 → 07:5911:3948 min11:390 min21 Mar
Dubai07:49 → 09:5912:0248 min12:020 min21 Mar
Delhi10:19 → 12:2913:0548 min13:040 min21 Mar
Kolkata10:19 → 12:2912:2048 min12:209 min21 Mar
Singapore12:49 → 14:5913:4848 min13:4848 min21 Mar
Sydney14:49 → 16:5912:380 min12:3848 min22 Mar
Suva15:49 → 17:5911:500 min11:4948 min22 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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