Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1990

Saturday 31 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 35 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 30 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 31 March

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

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:23:30
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 14:17 on Fri 30 Mar to 11:24 on Sat 31 Mar.

    1990-03-30T06:17:00Z → 1990-03-31T03:23:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 30th, 11:59–12:47 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 2118 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1990: Saturday 31 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1990 falls on Saturday 31 March. Pañcamī runs from 14:17 on Fri 30 Mar to 11:24 on Sat 31 Mar, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1990/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 31 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 31 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:17 → 19:2411:3448 min11:330 min30 Mar
Chicago00:17 → 21:2411:3148 min11:310 min30 Mar
Jersey City01:17 → 22:2411:3748 min11:370 min30 Mar
Port of Spain02:17 → 23:2411:4748 min11:460 min30 Mar
London07:17 → 04:2412:4248 min12:410 min30 Mar
Durban08:17 → 05:2411:3648 min11:360 min30 Mar
Dubai10:17 → 07:2412:0048 min11:590 min30 Mar
Delhi11:47 → 08:5412:0248 min12:020 min30 Mar
Kolkata11:47 → 08:5411:1718 min11:170 min30 Mar
Singapore14:17 → 11:2412:450 min12:450 min31 Mar
Sydney16:17 → 13:2411:360 min11:3548 min31 Mar
Suva18:17 → 15:2411:470 min11:4748 min31 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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