Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1985

Tuesday 26 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 199 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 Tuesday 26 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 27 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 06:19 on Tue 26 Mar to 08:41 on Wed 27 Mar.

    1985-03-25T22:19:24Z → 1985-03-27T00:40:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 26th, 12:00–12:48 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 11965 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1985: Tuesday 26 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1985 falls on Tuesday 26 March. Pañcamī runs from 06:19 on Tue 26 Mar to 08:41 on Wed 27 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1985/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 26 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 26 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:19 → 16:4111:350 min11:350 min26 Mar
Chicago16:19 → 18:4111:330 min11:320 min26 Mar
Jersey City17:19 → 19:4111:390 min11:380 min26 Mar
Port of Spain18:19 → 20:4111:480 min11:480 min26 Mar
London22:19 → 00:4111:430 min11:420 min26 Mar
Durban00:19 → 02:4111:380 min11:370 min26 Mar
Dubai02:19 → 04:4112:010 min12:000 min26 Mar
Delhi03:49 → 06:1112:030 min12:030 min26 Mar
Kolkata03:49 → 06:1111:190 min11:180 min26 Mar
Singapore06:19 → 08:4112:470 min12:460 min26 Mar
Sydney08:19 → 10:4111:370 min11:360 min26 Mar
Suva10:19 → 12:4111:480 min11:4848 min26 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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