Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1955

Monday 28 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 520 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 Sunday 27 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 28 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 00:10 on Mon 28 Mar to 21:28 on Mon 28 Mar.

    1955-03-27T16:09:44Z → 1955-03-28T13:28:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 27th, 12:00–12:48 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 31228 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1955: Monday 28 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1955 falls on Monday 28 March. Pañcamī runs from 00:10 on Mon 28 Mar to 21:28 on Mon 28 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1955/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 28 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 28 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:10 → 05:2811:3548 min11:340 min27 Mar
Chicago10:10 → 07:2811:3348 min11:320 min27 Mar
Jersey City11:10 → 08:2811:3848 min11:380 min27 Mar
Port of Spain12:10 → 09:2811:4826 min11:470 min27 Mar
London16:10 → 13:2811:430 min11:4248 min28 Mar
Durban18:10 → 15:2811:370 min11:3748 min28 Mar
Dubai20:10 → 17:2812:010 min12:0048 min28 Mar
Delhi21:40 → 18:5812:030 min12:0348 min28 Mar
Kolkata21:40 → 18:5811:180 min11:1848 min28 Mar
Singapore23:40 → 20:5812:160 min12:1648 min28 Mar
Sydney02:10 → 23:2811:370 min11:3648 min28 Mar
Suva04:10 → 01:2811:480 min11:4848 min28 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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