Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2022

Wednesday 6 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 330 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 Tuesday 5 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 6 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 18:16 on Tue 5 Apr to 20:32 on Wed 6 Apr.

    2022-04-05T10:15:38Z → 2022-04-06T12:31:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 5th, 11:57–12:45 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 19821 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2022: Wednesday 6 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2022 falls on Wednesday 6 April. Pañcamī runs from 18:16 on Tue 5 Apr to 20:32 on Wed 6 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2022/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 6 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 6 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:16 → 05:3212:3248 min12:320 min5 Apr
Chicago05:16 → 07:3212:3048 min12:290 min5 Apr
Jersey City06:16 → 08:3212:3548 min12:350 min5 Apr
Port of Spain06:16 → 08:3211:4548 min11:450 min5 Apr
London11:16 → 13:3212:4048 min12:3948 min5 Apr
Durban12:16 → 14:3211:347 min11:3448 min5 Apr
Dubai14:16 → 16:3211:580 min11:5748 min6 Apr
Delhi15:46 → 18:0212:000 min12:0048 min6 Apr
Kolkata15:46 → 18:0211:150 min11:1548 min6 Apr
Singapore18:16 → 20:3212:430 min12:4348 min6 Apr
Sydney20:16 → 22:3211:340 min11:3348 min6 Apr
Suva22:16 → 00:3211:450 min11:4548 min6 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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