Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2020

Sunday 29 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 447 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 Sunday 29 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 30 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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 02:48 on Sun 29 Mar to 04:32 on Mon 30 Mar.

    2020-03-28T18:48:12Z → 2020-03-29T20:31:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 29th, 11:59–12:47 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 26828 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2020: Sunday 29 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2020 falls on Sunday 29 March. Pañcamī runs from 02:48 on Sun 29 Mar to 04:32 on Mon 30 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2020/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 29 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 29 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:48 → 13:3212:3448 min12:3448 min28 Mar
Chicago13:48 → 15:3212:320 min12:3248 min29 Mar
Jersey City14:48 → 16:3212:380 min12:3748 min29 Mar
Port of Spain14:48 → 16:3211:470 min11:4748 min29 Mar
London18:48 → 21:3211:420 min12:4248 min29 Mar
Durban20:48 → 22:3211:370 min11:3648 min29 Mar
Dubai22:48 → 00:3212:000 min12:0048 min29 Mar
Delhi00:18 → 02:0212:020 min12:0248 min29 Mar
Kolkata00:18 → 02:0211:180 min11:1748 min29 Mar
Singapore02:48 → 04:3212:460 min12:4548 min29 Mar
Sydney05:48 → 07:3212:360 min12:3648 min29 Mar
Suva06:48 → 08:3211:470 min11:4748 min29 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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