Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2012

Tuesday 27 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 82 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Tuesday 27 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 28 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 07:58 on Tue 27 Mar to 10:38 on Wed 28 Mar.

    2012-03-26T23:58:26Z → 2012-03-28T02:37:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 27th, 12:00–12:48 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 4902 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2012: Tuesday 27 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2012 falls on Tuesday 27 March. Pañcamī runs from 07:58 on Tue 27 Mar to 10:38 on Wed 28 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2012/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 27 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 27 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:58 → 19:3812:350 min12:340 min27 Mar
Chicago18:58 → 21:3812:320 min12:320 min27 Mar
Jersey City19:58 → 22:3812:380 min12:380 min27 Mar
Port of Spain19:58 → 22:3811:480 min11:470 min27 Mar
London00:58 → 03:3812:430 min12:420 min27 Mar
Durban01:58 → 04:3811:370 min11:370 min27 Mar
Dubai03:58 → 06:3812:010 min12:000 min27 Mar
Delhi05:28 → 08:0812:030 min12:020 min27 Mar
Kolkata05:28 → 08:0811:180 min11:180 min27 Mar
Singapore07:58 → 10:3812:460 min12:460 min27 Mar
Sydney10:58 → 13:3812:370 min12:3648 min27 Mar
Suva11:58 → 14:3811:480 min11:4748 min27 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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