Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2008

Thursday 10 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 417 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 9 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 Thursday 10 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 22:36 on Wed 9 Apr to 19:41 on Thu 10 Apr.

    2008-04-09T14:35:32Z → 2008-04-10T11:41:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 9th, 11:56–12:44 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 25039 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2008: Thursday 10 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2008 falls on Thursday 10 April. Pañcamī runs from 22:36 on Wed 9 Apr to 19:41 on Thu 10 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2008/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 10 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 10 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:36 → 04:4112:3148 min12:300 min9 Apr
Chicago09:36 → 06:4112:2848 min12:280 min9 Apr
Jersey City10:36 → 07:4112:3448 min12:340 min9 Apr
Port of Spain10:36 → 07:4111:4448 min11:430 min9 Apr
London15:36 → 12:4112:390 min12:383 min10 Apr
Durban16:36 → 13:4111:330 min11:3348 min10 Apr
Dubai18:36 → 15:4111:560 min11:5648 min10 Apr
Delhi20:06 → 17:1111:590 min11:5948 min10 Apr
Kolkata20:06 → 17:1111:140 min11:1448 min10 Apr
Singapore22:36 → 19:4112:420 min12:4248 min10 Apr
Sydney00:36 → 21:4111:330 min11:3248 min10 Apr
Suva02:36 → 23:4111:440 min11:4448 min10 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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