Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1984

Friday 6 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 577 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 Friday 6 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 Saturday 7 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 01:55 on Fri 6 Apr to 02:20 on Sat 7 Apr.

    1984-04-05T17:55:21Z → 1984-04-06T18:19:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 6th, 11:57–12:45 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 34622 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1984: Friday 6 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1984 falls on Friday 6 April. Pañcamī runs from 01:55 on Fri 6 Apr to 02:20 on Sat 7 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1984/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 6 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 6 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:55 → 10:2011:3248 min11:320 min5 Apr
Chicago11:55 → 12:2011:3022 min11:2948 min5 Apr
Jersey City12:55 → 13:2011:350 min11:3548 min6 Apr
Port of Spain13:55 → 14:2011:450 min11:4448 min6 Apr
London18:55 → 19:2012:400 min12:3948 min6 Apr
Durban19:55 → 20:2011:340 min11:3448 min6 Apr
Dubai21:55 → 22:2011:580 min11:5748 min6 Apr
Delhi23:25 → 23:5012:000 min12:0048 min6 Apr
Kolkata23:25 → 23:5011:150 min11:1548 min6 Apr
Singapore01:55 → 02:2012:430 min12:4348 min6 Apr
Sydney03:55 → 04:2011:340 min11:3348 min6 Apr
Suva05:55 → 06:2011:450 min11:4548 min6 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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