Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2005

Wednesday 13 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 398 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 Wednesday 13 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 14 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 03:53 on Wed 13 Apr to 05:17 on Thu 14 Apr.

    2005-04-12T19:53:27Z → 2005-04-13T21:16:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 13th, 11:55–12:43 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 23894 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2005: Wednesday 13 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2005 falls on Wednesday 13 April. Pañcamī runs from 03:53 on Wed 13 Apr to 05:17 on Thu 14 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2005/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 13 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 13 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:53 → 14:1712:3024 min12:3048 min12 Apr
Chicago14:53 → 16:1712:280 min12:2748 min13 Apr
Jersey City15:53 → 17:1712:330 min12:3348 min13 Apr
Port of Spain15:53 → 17:1711:430 min11:4348 min13 Apr
London20:53 → 22:1712:380 min12:3848 min13 Apr
Durban21:53 → 23:1711:320 min11:3248 min13 Apr
Dubai23:53 → 01:1711:560 min11:5548 min13 Apr
Delhi01:23 → 02:4711:580 min11:5848 min13 Apr
Kolkata01:23 → 02:4711:140 min11:1348 min13 Apr
Singapore03:53 → 05:1712:410 min12:4148 min13 Apr
Sydney05:53 → 07:1711:320 min11:3248 min13 Apr
Suva07:53 → 09:1711:430 min11:4348 min13 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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