Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2024

Saturday 13 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 112 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 12 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 13 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 15:42 on Fri 12 Apr to 14:35 on Sat 13 Apr.

    2024-04-12T07:42:17Z → 2024-04-13T06:34:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 12th, 11:55–12:43 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 6698 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2024: Saturday 13 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2024 falls on Saturday 13 April. Pañcamī runs from 15:42 on Fri 12 Apr to 14:35 on Sat 13 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2024/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 13 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 13 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:42 → 23:3512:3048 min12:300 min12 Apr
Chicago02:42 → 01:3512:2848 min12:270 min12 Apr
Jersey City03:42 → 02:3512:3348 min12:330 min12 Apr
Port of Spain03:42 → 02:3511:4348 min11:430 min12 Apr
London08:42 → 07:3512:3848 min12:370 min12 Apr
Durban09:42 → 08:3511:3248 min11:320 min12 Apr
Dubai11:42 → 10:3511:5648 min11:550 min12 Apr
Delhi13:12 → 12:0511:580 min11:587 min13 Apr
Kolkata13:12 → 12:0511:130 min11:1348 min13 Apr
Singapore15:42 → 14:3512:410 min12:4148 min13 Apr
Sydney17:42 → 16:3511:320 min11:3148 min13 Apr
Suva19:42 → 18:3511:430 min11:4348 min13 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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