Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1959

Monday 13 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 525 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 12 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 13 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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 21:28 on Sun 12 Apr to 23:47 on Mon 13 Apr.

    1959-04-12T13:28:20Z → 1959-04-13T15:47:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 12th, 11:55–12:43 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 31488 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1959: Monday 13 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1959 falls on Monday 13 April. Pañcamī runs from 21:28 on Sun 12 Apr to 23:47 on Mon 13 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1959/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 13 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 13 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:28 → 07:4711:3048 min11:300 min12 Apr
Chicago07:28 → 09:4711:2848 min11:280 min12 Apr
Jersey City08:28 → 10:4711:3448 min11:330 min12 Apr
Port of Spain09:28 → 11:4711:4348 min11:434 min12 Apr
London13:28 → 15:4711:380 min11:3848 min13 Apr
Durban15:28 → 17:4711:330 min11:3248 min13 Apr
Dubai17:28 → 19:4711:560 min11:5648 min13 Apr
Delhi18:58 → 21:1711:580 min11:5848 min13 Apr
Kolkata18:58 → 21:1711:140 min11:1348 min13 Apr
Singapore20:58 → 23:1712:120 min12:1148 min13 Apr
Sydney23:28 → 01:4711:320 min11:3248 min13 Apr
Suva01:28 → 03:4711:430 min11:4348 min13 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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