Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1952

Sunday 30 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 660 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 Saturday 29 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 30 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 23:48 on Sat 29 Mar to 00:24 on Mon 31 Mar.

    1952-03-29T15:47:37Z → 1952-03-30T16:23:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 29th, 11:59–12:47 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 39615 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1952: Sunday 30 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1952 falls on Sunday 30 March. Pañcamī runs from 23:48 on Sat 29 Mar to 00:24 on Mon 31 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1952/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 30 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 30 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:48 → 08:2411:3448 min11:340 min29 Mar
Chicago09:48 → 10:2411:3248 min11:310 min29 Mar
Jersey City10:48 → 11:2411:3748 min11:370 min29 Mar
Port of Spain11:48 → 12:2411:4747 min11:4737 min29 Mar
London15:48 → 16:2411:420 min11:4248 min30 Mar
Durban17:48 → 18:2411:360 min11:3648 min30 Mar
Dubai19:48 → 20:2412:000 min11:5948 min30 Mar
Delhi21:18 → 21:5412:020 min12:0248 min30 Mar
Kolkata21:18 → 21:5411:180 min11:1748 min30 Mar
Singapore23:18 → 23:5412:150 min12:1548 min30 Mar
Sydney01:48 → 02:2411:360 min11:3648 min30 Mar
Suva03:48 → 04:2411:470 min11:4748 min30 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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