Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1966

Sunday 27 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 318 minutes.

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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 Saturday 26 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 27 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 18:07 on Sat 26 Mar to 18:24 on Sun 27 Mar.

    1966-03-26T10:06:44Z → 1966-03-27T10:24:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 26th, 12:00–12:48 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 19101 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1966: Sunday 27 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1966 falls on Sunday 27 March. Pañcamī runs from 18:07 on Sat 26 Mar to 18:24 on Sun 27 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1966/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 27 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 27 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:07 → 02:2411:3548 min11:350 min26 Mar
Chicago04:07 → 04:2411:3348 min11:320 min26 Mar
Jersey City05:07 → 05:2411:3848 min11:380 min26 Mar
Port of Spain06:07 → 06:2411:4848 min11:480 min26 Mar
London11:07 → 11:2412:4348 min12:430 min26 Mar
Durban12:07 → 12:2411:3719 min11:3747 min26 Mar
Dubai14:07 → 14:2412:010 min12:0148 min27 Mar
Delhi15:37 → 15:5412:030 min12:0348 min27 Mar
Kolkata15:37 → 15:5411:190 min11:1848 min27 Mar
Singapore17:37 → 17:5412:170 min12:1648 min27 Mar
Sydney20:07 → 20:2411:370 min11:3748 min27 Mar
Suva22:07 → 22:2411:480 min11:4848 min27 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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