Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1973

Saturday 7 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 205 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 Saturday 7 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 8 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 08:32 on Sat 7 Apr to 05:52 on Sun 8 Apr.

    1973-04-07T00:31:55Z → 1973-04-07T21:51:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 7th, 11:56–12:44 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 12289 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1973: Saturday 7 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1973 falls on Saturday 7 April. Pañcamī runs from 08:32 on Sat 7 Apr to 05:52 on Sun 8 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1973/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 7 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 7 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 7 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:32 → 13:5211:3148 min11:310 min7 Apr
Chicago18:32 → 15:5211:2948 min11:290 min7 Apr
Jersey City19:32 → 16:5211:3548 min11:350 min7 Apr
Port of Spain20:32 → 17:5211:4448 min11:440 min7 Apr
London01:32 → 22:5212:3948 min12:390 min7 Apr
Durban02:32 → 23:5211:3448 min11:340 min7 Apr
Dubai04:32 → 01:5211:5748 min11:570 min7 Apr
Delhi06:02 → 03:2212:0048 min11:590 min7 Apr
Kolkata06:02 → 03:2211:1548 min11:150 min7 Apr
Singapore08:02 → 05:2212:1348 min12:130 min7 Apr
Sydney10:32 → 07:5211:3348 min11:330 min7 Apr
Suva12:32 → 09:5211:441 min11:440 min7 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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