Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1996

Sunday 24 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 177 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 23 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 24 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 15:46 on Sat 23 Mar to 16:43 on Sun 24 Mar.

    1996-03-23T07:45:34Z → 1996-03-24T08:42:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 23rd, 12:01–12:49 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 10590 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1996: Sunday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1996 falls on Sunday 24 March. Pañcamī runs from 15:46 on Sat 23 Mar to 16:43 on Sun 24 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:46 → 00:4311:3648 min11:350 min23 Mar
Chicago01:46 → 02:4311:3348 min11:330 min23 Mar
Jersey City02:46 → 03:4311:3948 min11:390 min23 Mar
Port of Spain03:46 → 04:4311:4948 min11:480 min23 Mar
London07:46 → 08:4311:4448 min11:430 min23 Mar
Durban09:46 → 10:4311:3848 min11:380 min23 Mar
Dubai11:46 → 12:4312:0248 min12:0141 min23 Mar
Delhi13:16 → 14:1312:040 min12:0448 min24 Mar
Kolkata13:16 → 14:1311:190 min11:1948 min24 Mar
Singapore15:46 → 16:4312:470 min12:4748 min24 Mar
Sydney18:46 → 19:4312:380 min12:3748 min24 Mar
Suva19:46 → 20:4311:490 min11:4948 min24 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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