Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2000

Sunday 9 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 136 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 8 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 9 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 17:26 on Sat 8 Apr to 15:00 on Sun 9 Apr.

    2000-04-08T09:25:42Z → 2000-04-09T07:00:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 8th, 11:56–12:44 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 8173 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2000: Sunday 9 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2000 falls on Sunday 9 April. Pañcamī runs from 17:26 on Sat 8 Apr to 15:00 on Sun 9 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2000/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 9 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 9 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:26 → 00:0012:3148 min12:310 min8 Apr
Chicago04:26 → 02:0012:2948 min12:280 min8 Apr
Jersey City05:26 → 03:0012:3448 min12:340 min8 Apr
Port of Spain05:26 → 03:0011:4448 min11:440 min8 Apr
London10:26 → 08:0012:3948 min12:390 min8 Apr
Durban11:26 → 09:0011:3348 min11:330 min8 Apr
Dubai13:26 → 11:0011:570 min11:560 min9 Apr
Delhi14:56 → 12:3011:590 min11:5931 min9 Apr
Kolkata14:56 → 12:3011:150 min11:1448 min9 Apr
Singapore17:26 → 15:0012:420 min12:4248 min9 Apr
Sydney19:26 → 17:0011:330 min11:3348 min9 Apr
Suva21:26 → 19:0011:440 min11:4448 min9 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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