Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2019

Wednesday 10 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 322 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 Tuesday 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 Wednesday 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 18:37 on Tue 9 Apr to 18:06 on Wed 10 Apr.

    2019-04-09T10:37:20Z → 2019-04-10T10:06:12Z

  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 19333 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2019: Wednesday 10 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2019 falls on Wednesday 10 April. Pañcamī runs from 18:37 on Tue 9 Apr to 18:06 on Wed 10 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2019/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 10 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 10 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 Angeles03:37 → 03:0612:3148 min12:310 min9 Apr
Chicago05:37 → 05:0612:2948 min12:280 min9 Apr
Jersey City06:37 → 06:0612:3448 min12:340 min9 Apr
Port of Spain06:37 → 06:0611:4448 min11:440 min9 Apr
London11:37 → 11:0612:3948 min12:380 min9 Apr
Durban12:37 → 12:0611:330 min11:3333 min10 Apr
Dubai14:37 → 14:0611:570 min11:5648 min10 Apr
Delhi16:07 → 15:3611:590 min11:5948 min10 Apr
Kolkata16:07 → 15:3611:140 min11:1448 min10 Apr
Singapore18:37 → 18:0612:420 min12:4248 min10 Apr
Sydney20:37 → 20:0611:330 min11:3248 min10 Apr
Suva22:37 → 22:0611:440 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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