Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1943

Friday 9 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 380 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 Friday 9 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:56  13:44 madhyāhna ends
12:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:0814:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 10 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:56  13:44 madhyāhna ends
12:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:0814:32

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 05:20 on Fri 9 Apr to 06:36 on Sat 10 Apr.

    1943-04-08T20:20:06Z → 1943-04-09T21:35:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:56–13:44 on the 9th, 12:56–13:44 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 22817 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1943: Friday 9 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1943 falls on Friday 9 April. Pañcamī runs from 05:20 on Fri 9 Apr to 06:36 on Sat 10 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1943/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 9 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 9 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:20 → 14:3612:310 min12:3148 min9 Apr
Chicago15:20 → 16:3612:290 min12:2948 min9 Apr
Jersey City16:20 → 17:3612:350 min12:3448 min9 Apr
Port of Spain17:20 → 18:3612:440 min12:4448 min9 Apr
London22:20 → 23:3613:390 min13:3948 min9 Apr
Durban22:20 → 23:3611:340 min11:3448 min9 Apr
Dubai00:20 → 01:3611:570 min11:5748 min9 Apr
Delhi02:50 → 04:0612:590 min12:5948 min9 Apr
Kolkata02:50 → 04:0612:150 min12:1548 min9 Apr
Singapore05:20 → 06:3613:430 min13:4248 min9 Apr
Sydney06:20 → 07:3611:330 min11:3348 min9 Apr
Suva08:20 → 09:3611:440 min11:4448 min9 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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