Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1961

Tuesday 21 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 413 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 Monday 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

Midday of Tuesday 21 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 19:47 on Mon 20 Mar to 19:42 on Tue 21 Mar.

    1961-03-20T11:46:52Z → 1961-03-21T11:42:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 20th, 12:02–12:50 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 24753 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1961: Tuesday 21 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1961 falls on Tuesday 21 March. Pañcamī runs from 19:47 on Mon 20 Mar to 19:42 on Tue 21 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1961/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 21 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 21 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:47 → 03:4211:3748 min11:360 min20 Mar
Chicago05:47 → 05:4211:3448 min11:340 min20 Mar
Jersey City06:47 → 06:4211:4048 min11:400 min20 Mar
Port of Spain07:47 → 07:4211:5048 min11:490 min20 Mar
London11:47 → 11:4211:4546 min11:440 min20 Mar
Durban13:47 → 13:4211:390 min11:3948 min21 Mar
Dubai15:47 → 15:4212:030 min12:0248 min21 Mar
Delhi17:17 → 17:1212:050 min12:0548 min21 Mar
Kolkata17:17 → 17:1211:200 min11:2048 min21 Mar
Singapore19:17 → 19:1212:180 min12:1848 min21 Mar
Sydney21:47 → 21:4211:390 min11:3848 min21 Mar
Suva23:47 → 23:4211:500 min11:5048 min21 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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