Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1950

Thursday 23 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 38 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Thursday 23 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 24 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:23:05
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 08:50 on Thu 23 Mar to 11:23 on Fri 24 Mar.

    1950-03-23T00:49:42Z → 1950-03-24T03:23:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 23rd, 12:01–12:49 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 2278 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1950: Thursday 23 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1950 falls on Thursday 23 March. Pañcamī runs from 08:50 on Thu 23 Mar to 11:23 on Fri 24 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1950/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 23 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 23 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 23 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:50 → 19:2311:3648 min11:360 min23 Mar
Chicago18:50 → 21:2311:3448 min11:330 min23 Mar
Jersey City19:50 → 22:2311:3948 min11:390 min23 Mar
Port of Spain20:50 → 23:2311:4948 min11:490 min23 Mar
London00:50 → 03:2311:4448 min11:440 min23 Mar
Durban02:50 → 05:2311:3848 min11:380 min23 Mar
Dubai04:50 → 07:2312:0248 min12:010 min23 Mar
Delhi06:20 → 08:5312:0448 min12:040 min23 Mar
Kolkata06:20 → 08:5311:2048 min11:190 min23 Mar
Singapore08:20 → 10:5312:1748 min12:170 min23 Mar
Sydney10:50 → 13:2311:3848 min11:3848 min23 Mar
Suva12:50 → 15:2311:490 min11:4948 min24 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

About Ahargaṇa