Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1953

Thursday 19 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 335 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 Thursday 19 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 20 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

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 06:27 on Thu 19 Mar to 04:45 on Fri 20 Mar.

    1953-03-18T22:27:16Z → 1953-03-19T20:44:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 19th, 12:02–12:50 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 20111 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1953: Thursday 19 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1953 falls on Thursday 19 March. Pañcamī runs from 06:27 on Thu 19 Mar to 04:45 on Fri 20 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1953/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 19 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 19 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:27 → 12:4511:370 min11:3748 min19 Mar
Chicago16:27 → 14:4511:350 min11:3548 min19 Mar
Jersey City17:27 → 15:4511:410 min11:4048 min19 Mar
Port of Spain18:27 → 16:4511:500 min11:5048 min19 Mar
London22:27 → 20:4511:450 min11:4548 min19 Mar
Durban00:27 → 22:4511:400 min11:4048 min19 Mar
Dubai02:27 → 00:4512:030 min12:0348 min19 Mar
Delhi03:57 → 02:1512:060 min12:0548 min19 Mar
Kolkata03:57 → 02:1511:210 min11:2148 min19 Mar
Singapore05:57 → 04:1512:190 min12:1948 min19 Mar
Sydney08:27 → 06:4511:390 min11:3948 min19 Mar
Suva10:27 → 08:4511:500 min11:5048 min19 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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