Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1956

Sunday 15 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 522 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 Sunday 15 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 16 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 03:12 on Sun 15 Apr to 00:58 on Mon 16 Apr.

    1956-04-14T19:12:07Z → 1956-04-15T16:58:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 15th, 11:54–12:42 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 31348 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1956: Sunday 15 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1956 falls on Sunday 15 April. Pañcamī runs from 03:12 on Sun 15 Apr to 00:58 on Mon 16 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1956/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 15 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 15 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:12 → 08:5811:2948 min11:290 min14 Apr
Chicago13:12 → 10:5811:270 min11:270 min15 Apr
Jersey City14:12 → 11:5811:330 min11:3326 min15 Apr
Port of Spain15:12 → 12:5811:420 min11:4248 min15 Apr
London19:12 → 16:5811:370 min11:3748 min15 Apr
Durban21:12 → 18:5811:320 min11:3248 min15 Apr
Dubai23:12 → 20:5811:550 min11:5548 min15 Apr
Delhi00:42 → 22:2811:580 min11:5748 min15 Apr
Kolkata00:42 → 22:2811:130 min11:1348 min15 Apr
Singapore02:42 → 00:2812:110 min12:1148 min15 Apr
Sydney05:12 → 02:5811:310 min11:3148 min15 Apr
Suva07:12 → 04:5811:430 min11:4248 min15 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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