Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1987

Friday 3 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 479 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 2 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 3 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 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 20:45 on Thu 2 Apr to 22:16 on Fri 3 Apr.

    1987-04-02T12:45:11Z → 1987-04-03T14:16:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd, 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 28732 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1987: Friday 3 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1987 falls on Friday 3 April. Pañcamī runs from 20:45 on Thu 2 Apr to 22:16 on Fri 3 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1987/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 3 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 3 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:45 → 06:1611:3348 min11:330 min2 Apr
Chicago06:45 → 08:1611:3148 min11:300 min2 Apr
Jersey City07:45 → 09:1611:3648 min11:360 min2 Apr
Port of Spain08:45 → 10:1611:4648 min11:460 min2 Apr
London13:45 → 15:1612:410 min12:4048 min3 Apr
Durban14:45 → 16:1611:350 min11:3548 min3 Apr
Dubai16:45 → 18:1611:590 min11:5848 min3 Apr
Delhi18:15 → 19:4612:010 min12:0148 min3 Apr
Kolkata18:15 → 19:4611:170 min11:1648 min3 Apr
Singapore20:45 → 22:1612:440 min12:4448 min3 Apr
Sydney22:45 → 00:1611:350 min11:3448 min3 Apr
Suva00:45 → 02:1611:460 min11:4648 min3 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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