Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1947

Thursday 27 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 270 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 Wednesday 26 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 27 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 19:11 on Wed 26 Mar to 17:19 on Thu 27 Mar.

    1947-03-26T11:10:55Z → 1947-03-27T09:18:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 26th, 12:00–12:48 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 16216 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1947: Thursday 27 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1947 falls on Thursday 27 March. Pañcamī runs from 19:11 on Wed 26 Mar to 17:19 on Thu 27 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1947/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 27 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 27 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:11 → 01:1911:3548 min11:350 min26 Mar
Chicago05:11 → 03:1911:3348 min11:330 min26 Mar
Jersey City06:11 → 04:1911:3948 min11:380 min26 Mar
Port of Spain07:11 → 05:1911:4848 min11:480 min26 Mar
London12:11 → 10:1912:4348 min12:430 min26 Mar
Durban13:11 → 11:1911:380 min11:370 min27 Mar
Dubai15:11 → 13:1912:010 min12:0148 min27 Mar
Delhi16:41 → 14:4912:030 min12:0348 min27 Mar
Kolkata16:41 → 14:4911:190 min11:1848 min27 Mar
Singapore18:41 → 16:4912:170 min12:1648 min27 Mar
Sydney21:11 → 19:1911:370 min11:3748 min27 Mar
Suva23:11 → 21:1911:480 min11:4848 min27 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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