Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2017

Saturday 1 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 454 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 Friday 31 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 1 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 23:11 on Fri 31 Mar to 20:20 on Sat 1 Apr.

    2017-03-31T15:11:06Z → 2017-04-01T12:19:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 31st, 11:58–12:46 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 27214 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2017: Saturday 1 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2017 falls on Saturday 1 April. Pañcamī runs from 23:11 on Fri 31 Mar to 20:20 on Sat 1 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2017/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 1 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 1 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:11 → 05:2012:3348 min12:330 min31 Mar
Chicago10:11 → 07:2012:3148 min12:310 min31 Mar
Jersey City11:11 → 08:2012:3748 min12:360 min31 Mar
Port of Spain11:11 → 08:2011:4648 min11:460 min31 Mar
London16:11 → 13:2012:410 min12:4139 min1 Apr
Durban17:11 → 14:2011:360 min11:3548 min1 Apr
Dubai19:11 → 16:2011:590 min11:5948 min1 Apr
Delhi20:41 → 17:5012:010 min12:0148 min1 Apr
Kolkata20:41 → 17:5011:170 min11:1748 min1 Apr
Singapore23:11 → 20:2012:450 min12:4448 min1 Apr
Sydney02:11 → 23:2012:350 min12:3548 min1 Apr
Suva03:11 → 00:2011:460 min11:4648 min1 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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