Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1983

Sunday 17 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 18 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 Sunday 17 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 11:36:43
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 18 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 11:37 on Sun 17 Apr to 09:54 on Mon 18 Apr.

    1983-04-17T03:36:44Z → 1983-04-18T01:53:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 17th, 11:54–12:42 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 1051 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1983: Sunday 17 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1983 falls on Sunday 17 April. Pañcamī runs from 11:37 on Sun 17 Apr to 09:54 on Mon 18 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1983/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 17 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 17 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 17 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:37 → 17:5411:2948 min11:290 min17 Apr
Chicago21:37 → 19:5411:2748 min11:260 min17 Apr
Jersey City22:37 → 20:5411:3248 min11:320 min17 Apr
Port of Spain23:37 → 21:5411:4248 min11:420 min17 Apr
London04:37 → 02:5412:3748 min12:370 min17 Apr
Durban05:37 → 03:5411:3148 min11:310 min17 Apr
Dubai07:37 → 05:5411:5548 min11:540 min17 Apr
Delhi09:07 → 07:2411:5748 min11:570 min17 Apr
Kolkata09:07 → 07:2411:1248 min11:120 min17 Apr
Singapore11:37 → 09:5412:4048 min12:400 min17 Apr
Sydney13:37 → 11:5411:310 min11:3023 min18 Apr
Suva15:37 → 13:5411:420 min11:4248 min18 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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