Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1980

Friday 21 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 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 Thursday 20 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 13:11:06
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 21 March

Taken. Pañcamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

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 13:11 on Thu 20 Mar to 10:54 on Fri 21 Mar.

    1980-03-20T05:11:07Z → 1980-03-21T02:53:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 20th, 12:02–12:50 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 1267 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1980: Friday 21 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1980 falls on Friday 21 March. Pañcamī runs from 13:11 on Thu 20 Mar to 10:54 on Fri 21 Mar, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1980/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 21 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 21 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 20 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:11 → 18:5411:3748 min11:360 min20 Mar
Chicago23:11 → 20:5411:3448 min11:340 min20 Mar
Jersey City00:11 → 21:5411:4048 min11:400 min20 Mar
Port of Spain01:11 → 22:5411:5048 min11:490 min20 Mar
London06:11 → 03:5412:4448 min12:440 min20 Mar
Durban07:11 → 04:5411:3948 min11:390 min20 Mar
Dubai09:11 → 06:5412:0248 min12:020 min20 Mar
Delhi10:41 → 08:2412:0548 min12:040 min20 Mar
Kolkata10:41 → 08:2411:2048 min11:200 min20 Mar
Singapore12:41 → 10:2412:1825 min12:180 min20 Mar
Sydney15:11 → 12:5411:380 min11:3848 min21 Mar
Suva17:11 → 14:5411:500 min11:4948 min21 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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