Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1969

Sunday 23 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 39 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 22 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 13:28:30
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 23 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 13:29 on Sat 22 Mar to 15:07 on Sun 23 Mar.

    1969-03-22T05:28:30Z → 1969-03-23T07:06:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 22nd, 12:01–12:49 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 2339 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1969: Sunday 23 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1969 falls on Sunday 23 March. Pañcamī runs from 13:29 on Sat 22 Mar to 15:07 on Sun 23 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1969/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 23 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 23 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 22 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:29 → 23:0711:3648 min11:360 min22 Mar
Chicago23:29 → 01:0711:3448 min11:340 min22 Mar
Jersey City00:29 → 02:0711:4048 min11:390 min22 Mar
Port of Spain01:29 → 03:0711:4948 min11:490 min22 Mar
London06:29 → 08:0712:4448 min12:440 min22 Mar
Durban07:29 → 09:0711:3948 min11:380 min22 Mar
Dubai09:29 → 11:0712:0248 min12:020 min22 Mar
Delhi10:59 → 12:3712:0448 min12:0433 min22 Mar
Kolkata10:59 → 12:3711:2048 min11:1948 min22 Mar
Singapore12:59 → 14:3712:187 min12:1748 min22 Mar
Sydney15:29 → 17:0711:380 min11:3848 min23 Mar
Suva17:29 → 19:0711:490 min11:4948 min23 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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