Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2014

Friday 4 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 623 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 Thursday 3 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 4 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 23:09 on Thu 3 Apr to 23:57 on Fri 4 Apr.

    2014-04-03T15:08:41Z → 2014-04-04T15:57:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd, 11:58–12:46 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 37369 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2014: Friday 4 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2014 falls on Friday 4 April. Pañcamī runs from 23:09 on Thu 3 Apr to 23:57 on Fri 4 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 4 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 4 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:09 → 08:5712:3248 min12:320 min3 Apr
Chicago10:09 → 10:5712:3048 min12:300 min3 Apr
Jersey City11:09 → 11:5712:3648 min12:360 min3 Apr
Port of Spain11:09 → 11:5711:4548 min11:4512 min3 Apr
London16:09 → 16:5712:400 min12:4048 min4 Apr
Durban17:09 → 17:5711:350 min11:3548 min4 Apr
Dubai19:09 → 19:5711:580 min11:5848 min4 Apr
Delhi20:39 → 21:2712:010 min12:0048 min4 Apr
Kolkata20:39 → 21:2711:160 min11:1648 min4 Apr
Singapore23:09 → 23:5712:440 min12:4448 min4 Apr
Sydney02:09 → 02:5712:340 min12:3448 min4 Apr
Suva03:09 → 03:5711:460 min11:4548 min4 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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