Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1965

Tuesday 6 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 509 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Tuesday 6 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 7 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 03:28 on Tue 6 Apr to 01:40 on Wed 7 Apr.

    1965-04-05T19:27:41Z → 1965-04-06T17:39:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 6th, 11:57–12:45 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 30561 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1965: Tuesday 6 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1965 falls on Tuesday 6 April. Pañcamī runs from 03:28 on Tue 6 Apr to 01:40 on Wed 7 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1965/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 6 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 6 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:28 → 09:4011:3248 min11:320 min5 Apr
Chicago13:28 → 11:4011:300 min11:2910 min6 Apr
Jersey City14:28 → 12:4011:350 min11:3548 min6 Apr
Port of Spain15:28 → 13:4011:450 min11:4548 min6 Apr
London20:28 → 18:4012:400 min12:4048 min6 Apr
Durban21:28 → 19:4011:340 min11:3448 min6 Apr
Dubai23:28 → 21:4011:580 min11:5748 min6 Apr
Delhi00:58 → 23:1012:000 min12:0048 min6 Apr
Kolkata00:58 → 23:1011:160 min11:1548 min6 Apr
Singapore02:58 → 01:1012:130 min12:1348 min6 Apr
Sydney05:28 → 03:4011:340 min11:3448 min6 Apr
Suva07:28 → 05:4011:450 min11:4548 min6 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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