Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1963

Friday 29 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 370 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 29 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

Midday of Saturday 30 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 05:50 on Fri 29 Mar to 03:07 on Sat 30 Mar.

    1963-03-28T21:49:42Z → 1963-03-29T19:07:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 29th, 11:59–12:47 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 22193 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1963: Friday 29 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1963 falls on Friday 29 March. Pañcamī runs from 05:50 on Fri 29 Mar to 03:07 on Sat 30 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1963/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 29 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 29 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:50 → 11:0711:340 min11:340 min29 Mar
Chicago15:50 → 13:0711:320 min11:3248 min29 Mar
Jersey City16:50 → 14:0711:380 min11:3848 min29 Mar
Port of Spain17:50 → 15:0711:470 min11:4748 min29 Mar
London21:50 → 19:0711:420 min11:4248 min29 Mar
Durban23:50 → 21:0711:370 min11:3748 min29 Mar
Dubai01:50 → 23:0712:000 min12:0048 min29 Mar
Delhi03:20 → 00:3712:030 min12:0248 min29 Mar
Kolkata03:20 → 00:3711:180 min11:1848 min29 Mar
Singapore05:20 → 02:3712:160 min12:1648 min29 Mar
Sydney07:50 → 05:0711:360 min11:3648 min29 Mar
Suva09:50 → 07:0711:480 min11:4748 min29 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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