Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1977

Thursday 24 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 24 March

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 25 March

Qualifies with 37 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:37:42
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

37 of 48 minutes covered, the first 37

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 10:01 on Thu 24 Mar to 12:38 on Fri 25 Mar.

    1977-03-24T02:01:11Z → 1977-03-25T04:37:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 24th, 12:01–12:49 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 37 of 48 on the 25th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 652 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1977: Thursday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1977 falls on Thursday 24 March. Pañcamī runs from 10:01 on Thu 24 Mar to 12:38 on Fri 25 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 37 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1977/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 24 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:01 → 20:3811:3548 min11:350 min24 Mar
Chicago20:01 → 22:3811:3348 min11:330 min24 Mar
Jersey City21:01 → 23:3811:3948 min11:390 min24 Mar
Port of Spain22:01 → 00:3811:4848 min11:480 min24 Mar
London03:01 → 05:3812:4348 min12:430 min24 Mar
Durban04:01 → 06:3811:3848 min11:380 min24 Mar
Dubai06:01 → 08:3812:0148 min12:010 min24 Mar
Delhi07:31 → 10:0812:0448 min12:030 min24 Mar
Kolkata07:31 → 10:0811:1948 min11:190 min24 Mar
Singapore09:31 → 12:0812:1748 min12:170 min24 Mar
Sydney12:01 → 14:3811:3724 min11:3748 min24 Mar
Suva14:01 → 16:3811:490 min11:4848 min25 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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