Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1999

Monday 22 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 29 s.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Sunday 21 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 22 March

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

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:52:05
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

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 14:44 on Sun 21 Mar to 11:52 on Mon 22 Mar.

    1999-03-21T06:43:56Z → 1999-03-22T03:52:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 21st, 12:02–12:50 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 569 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 1999: Monday 22 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1999 falls on Monday 22 March. Pañcamī runs from 14:44 on Sun 21 Mar to 11:52 on Mon 22 Mar, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1999/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 22 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 22 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:44 → 19:5211:3648 min11:360 min21 Mar
Chicago00:44 → 21:5211:3448 min11:340 min21 Mar
Jersey City01:44 → 22:5211:4048 min11:400 min21 Mar
Port of Spain02:44 → 23:5211:4948 min11:490 min21 Mar
London06:44 → 03:5211:4448 min11:440 min21 Mar
Durban08:44 → 05:5211:3948 min11:390 min21 Mar
Dubai10:44 → 07:5212:0248 min12:020 min21 Mar
Delhi12:14 → 09:2212:0539 min12:040 min21 Mar
Kolkata12:14 → 09:2211:200 min11:200 min22 Mar
Singapore14:44 → 11:5212:480 min12:480 min22 Mar
Sydney17:44 → 14:5212:380 min12:3848 min22 Mar
Suva18:44 → 15:5211:500 min11:4948 min22 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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