Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1981

Thursday 9 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 39 minutes.

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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 Wednesday 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

Midday of Thursday 9 April

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

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:17:03
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 14:02 on Wed 8 Apr to 11:17 on Thu 9 Apr.

    1981-04-08T06:02:27Z → 1981-04-09T03:17:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 8th, 11:56–12:44 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 2346 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1981: Thursday 9 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1981 falls on Thursday 9 April. Pañcamī runs from 14:02 on Wed 8 Apr to 11:17 on Thu 9 Apr, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1981/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 9 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 9 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:02 → 19:1711:3148 min11:310 min8 Apr
Chicago00:02 → 21:1711:2948 min11:290 min8 Apr
Jersey City01:02 → 22:1711:3448 min11:340 min8 Apr
Port of Spain02:02 → 23:1711:4448 min11:440 min8 Apr
London07:02 → 04:1712:3948 min12:390 min8 Apr
Durban08:02 → 05:1711:3448 min11:330 min8 Apr
Dubai10:02 → 07:1711:5748 min11:570 min8 Apr
Delhi11:32 → 08:4711:5948 min11:590 min8 Apr
Kolkata11:32 → 08:4711:1530 min11:140 min8 Apr
Singapore13:32 → 10:4712:130 min12:120 min9 Apr
Sydney16:02 → 13:1711:330 min11:3348 min9 Apr
Suva18:02 → 15:1711:440 min11:4448 min9 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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