Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2018

Thursday 22 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 212 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 21 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 22 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 17:59 on Wed 21 Mar to 16:22 on Thu 22 Mar.

    2018-03-21T09:58:35Z → 2018-03-22T08:21:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 21st, 12:01–12:49 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 12729 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2018: Thursday 22 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2018 falls on Thursday 22 March. Pañcamī runs from 17:59 on Wed 21 Mar to 16:22 on Thu 22 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2018/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 22 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 22 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:59 → 01:2212:3648 min12:360 min21 Mar
Chicago04:59 → 03:2212:3448 min12:340 min21 Mar
Jersey City05:59 → 04:2212:4048 min12:390 min21 Mar
Port of Spain05:59 → 04:2211:4948 min11:490 min21 Mar
London09:59 → 08:2211:4448 min11:440 min21 Mar
Durban11:59 → 10:2211:3928 min11:390 min21 Mar
Dubai13:59 → 12:2212:020 min12:0220 min22 Mar
Delhi15:29 → 13:5212:050 min12:0448 min22 Mar
Kolkata15:29 → 13:5211:200 min11:2048 min22 Mar
Singapore17:59 → 16:2212:480 min12:4848 min22 Mar
Sydney20:59 → 19:2212:380 min12:3848 min22 Mar
Suva21:59 → 20:2211:490 min11:4948 min22 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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