Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1997

Friday 11 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 61 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 11 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 12 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 10:55 on Fri 11 Apr to 10:33 on Sat 12 Apr.

    1997-04-11T02:55:01Z → 1997-04-12T02:32:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 11th, 11:55–12:43 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 3636 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1997: Friday 11 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1997 falls on Friday 11 April. Pañcamī runs from 10:55 on Fri 11 Apr to 10:33 on Sat 12 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1997/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 11 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 11 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 11 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:55 → 19:3312:3048 min12:300 min11 Apr
Chicago21:55 → 21:3312:2848 min12:280 min11 Apr
Jersey City22:55 → 22:3312:3448 min12:330 min11 Apr
Port of Spain22:55 → 22:3311:4348 min11:430 min11 Apr
London03:55 → 03:3312:3848 min12:380 min11 Apr
Durban04:55 → 04:3311:3348 min11:320 min11 Apr
Dubai06:55 → 06:3311:5648 min11:560 min11 Apr
Delhi08:25 → 08:0311:5848 min11:580 min11 Apr
Kolkata08:25 → 08:0311:1448 min11:140 min11 Apr
Singapore10:55 → 10:3312:4248 min12:410 min11 Apr
Sydney12:55 → 12:3311:320 min11:3248 min12 Apr
Suva14:55 → 14:3311:430 min11:4348 min12 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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