Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1993

Sunday 28 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 615 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 Saturday 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

Midday of Sunday 28 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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 23:03 on Sat 27 Mar to 00:07 on Mon 29 Mar.

    1993-03-27T15:02:43Z → 1993-03-28T16:06:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 27th, 12:00–12:48 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 36886 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1993: Sunday 28 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1993 falls on Sunday 28 March. Pañcamī runs from 23:03 on Sat 27 Mar to 00:07 on Mon 29 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1993/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 28 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 28 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:03 → 08:0711:3548 min11:340 min27 Mar
Chicago09:03 → 10:0711:3248 min11:320 min27 Mar
Jersey City10:03 → 11:0711:3848 min11:380 min27 Mar
Port of Spain11:03 → 12:0711:4748 min11:4719 min27 Mar
London15:03 → 17:0711:420 min12:4248 min28 Mar
Durban17:03 → 18:0711:370 min11:3748 min28 Mar
Dubai19:03 → 20:0712:000 min12:0048 min28 Mar
Delhi20:33 → 21:3712:030 min12:0248 min28 Mar
Kolkata20:33 → 21:3711:180 min11:1848 min28 Mar
Singapore23:03 → 00:0712:460 min12:4648 min28 Mar
Sydney01:03 → 02:0711:360 min11:3648 min28 Mar
Suva03:03 → 04:0711:480 min11:4748 min28 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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