Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1944

Tuesday 28 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 204 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 Tuesday 28 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
12:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:1214:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 29 March

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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 09:36 on Tue 28 Mar to 08:30 on Wed 29 Mar.

    1944-03-28T00:35:52Z → 1944-03-28T23:30:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:00–13:48 on the 28th, 12:59–13:47 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 12231 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1944: Tuesday 28 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1944 falls on Tuesday 28 March. Pañcamī runs from 09:36 on Tue 28 Mar to 08:30 on Wed 29 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 28 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 28 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 28 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:36 → 16:3012:3448 min12:340 min28 Mar
Chicago19:36 → 18:3012:3248 min12:320 min28 Mar
Jersey City20:36 → 19:3012:3848 min12:370 min28 Mar
Port of Spain21:36 → 20:3012:4748 min12:470 min28 Mar
London01:36 → 00:3012:4248 min12:420 min28 Mar
Durban02:36 → 01:3011:3748 min11:370 min28 Mar
Dubai04:36 → 03:3012:0048 min12:000 min28 Mar
Delhi07:06 → 06:0013:0248 min13:020 min28 Mar
Kolkata07:06 → 06:0012:1848 min12:180 min28 Mar
Singapore09:36 → 08:3013:4648 min13:460 min28 Mar
Sydney10:36 → 09:3011:3648 min11:360 min28 Mar
Suva12:36 → 11:3011:470 min11:470 min29 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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