Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1949

Sunday 3 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 181 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 Sunday 3 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 4 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 07:48 on Sun 3 Apr to 08:57 on Mon 4 Apr.

    1949-04-02T23:48:27Z → 1949-04-04T00:57:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd, 11:58–12:46 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 10837 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1949: Sunday 3 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1949 falls on Sunday 3 April. Pañcamī runs from 07:48 on Sun 3 Apr to 08:57 on Mon 4 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:48 → 16:5711:330 min11:320 min3 Apr
Chicago17:48 → 18:5711:310 min11:300 min3 Apr
Jersey City18:48 → 19:5711:360 min11:360 min3 Apr
Port of Spain19:48 → 20:5711:460 min11:450 min3 Apr
London23:48 → 01:5711:410 min12:400 min3 Apr
Durban01:48 → 02:5711:350 min11:350 min3 Apr
Dubai03:48 → 04:5711:590 min11:580 min3 Apr
Delhi05:18 → 06:2712:010 min12:000 min3 Apr
Kolkata05:18 → 06:2711:160 min11:160 min3 Apr
Singapore07:18 → 08:2712:140 min12:140 min3 Apr
Sydney09:48 → 10:5711:350 min11:340 min3 Apr
Suva11:48 → 12:5711:460 min11:4548 min3 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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