Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2004

Thursday 25 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 41 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 25 March

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 26 March

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 13:29:26
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 11:08 on Thu 25 Mar to 13:29 on Fri 26 Mar.

    2004-03-25T03:07:55Z → 2004-03-26T05:29:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 25th, 12:00–12:48 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 2478 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2004: Thursday 25 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2004 falls on Thursday 25 March. Pañcamī runs from 11:08 on Thu 25 Mar to 13:29 on Fri 26 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2004/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 25 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 25 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 25 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:08 → 21:2911:3548 min11:350 min25 Mar
Chicago21:08 → 23:2911:3348 min11:320 min25 Mar
Jersey City22:08 → 00:2911:3848 min11:380 min25 Mar
Port of Spain23:08 → 01:2911:4848 min11:480 min25 Mar
London03:08 → 05:2911:4348 min11:430 min25 Mar
Durban05:08 → 07:2911:3848 min11:370 min25 Mar
Dubai07:08 → 09:2912:0148 min12:010 min25 Mar
Delhi08:38 → 10:5912:0348 min12:030 min25 Mar
Kolkata08:38 → 10:5911:1948 min11:180 min25 Mar
Singapore11:08 → 13:2912:4748 min12:4643 min25 Mar
Sydney14:08 → 16:2912:370 min12:3748 min26 Mar
Suva15:08 → 17:2911:480 min11:4848 min26 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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