Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1972

Sunday 19 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 369 minutes.

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 Sunday 19 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 20 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

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 05:53 on Sun 19 Mar to 03:01 on Mon 20 Mar.

    1972-03-18T21:53:12Z → 1972-03-19T19:00:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 19th, 12:02–12:50 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 22149 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1972: Sunday 19 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1972 falls on Sunday 19 March. Pañcamī runs from 05:53 on Sun 19 Mar to 03:01 on Mon 20 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1972/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 19 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 19 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:53 → 11:0111:370 min11:370 min19 Mar
Chicago15:53 → 13:0111:350 min11:3548 min19 Mar
Jersey City16:53 → 14:0111:410 min11:4048 min19 Mar
Port of Spain17:53 → 15:0111:500 min11:5048 min19 Mar
London21:53 → 20:0111:450 min12:4548 min19 Mar
Durban23:53 → 21:0111:400 min11:3948 min19 Mar
Dubai01:53 → 23:0112:030 min12:0348 min19 Mar
Delhi03:23 → 00:3112:050 min12:0548 min19 Mar
Kolkata03:23 → 00:3111:210 min11:2148 min19 Mar
Singapore05:23 → 02:3112:190 min12:1848 min19 Mar
Sydney07:53 → 05:0111:390 min11:3948 min19 Mar
Suva09:53 → 07:0111:500 min11:5048 min19 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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