Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1968

Wednesday 3 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 193 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 2 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 3 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 15:59 on Tue 2 Apr to 18:32 on Wed 3 Apr.

    1968-04-02T07:58:51Z → 1968-04-03T10:32:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd, 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 11563 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1968: Wednesday 3 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1968 falls on Wednesday 3 April. Pañcamī runs from 15:59 on Tue 2 Apr to 18:32 on Wed 3 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1968/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 3 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 3 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:59 → 02:3211:3348 min11:320 min2 Apr
Chicago01:59 → 04:3211:3048 min11:300 min2 Apr
Jersey City02:59 → 05:3211:3648 min11:360 min2 Apr
Port of Spain03:59 → 06:3211:4648 min11:450 min2 Apr
London08:59 → 11:3212:4148 min12:400 min2 Apr
Durban09:59 → 12:3211:3548 min11:3548 min2 Apr
Dubai11:59 → 14:3211:5948 min11:5848 min2 Apr
Delhi13:29 → 16:0212:010 min12:0148 min3 Apr
Kolkata13:29 → 16:0211:160 min11:1648 min3 Apr
Singapore15:29 → 18:0212:140 min12:1448 min3 Apr
Sydney17:59 → 20:3211:350 min11:3448 min3 Apr
Suva19:59 → 22:3211:460 min11:4648 min3 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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