Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1971

Wednesday 31 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 7 min 13 s.

Decide it for

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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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 31 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:39:45
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

41 of 48 minutes covered, the first 41

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 14:29 on Tue 30 Mar to 12:40 on Wed 31 Mar.

    1971-03-30T06:29:06Z → 1971-03-31T04:39:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 30th, 11:59–12:47 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 41 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 433 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1971: Wednesday 31 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1971 falls on Wednesday 31 March. Pañcamī runs from 14:29 on Tue 30 Mar to 12:40 on Wed 31 Mar and covers 41 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1971/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 31 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 31 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:29 → 20:4011:3448 min11:340 min30 Mar
Chicago00:29 → 22:4011:3248 min11:310 min30 Mar
Jersey City01:29 → 23:4011:3748 min11:370 min30 Mar
Port of Spain02:29 → 00:4011:4748 min11:460 min30 Mar
London07:29 → 05:4012:4248 min12:410 min30 Mar
Durban08:29 → 06:4011:3648 min11:360 min30 Mar
Dubai10:29 → 08:4012:0048 min11:590 min30 Mar
Delhi11:59 → 10:1012:0248 min12:020 min30 Mar
Kolkata11:59 → 10:1011:176 min11:170 min30 Mar
Singapore13:59 → 12:1012:150 min12:150 min31 Mar
Sydney16:29 → 14:4011:360 min11:3548 min31 Mar
Suva18:29 → 16:4011:470 min11:4748 min31 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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