Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2028

Friday 31 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 253 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 Thursday 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

Midday of Friday 31 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 17:00 on Thu 30 Mar to 17:06 on Fri 31 Mar.

    2028-03-30T09:00:15Z → 2028-03-31T09:05:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 30th, 11:59–12:47 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 15202 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2028: Friday 31 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2028 falls on Friday 31 March. Pañcamī runs from 17:00 on Thu 30 Mar to 17:06 on Fri 31 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2028/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 31 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 31 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:00 → 02:0612:3348 min12:330 min30 Mar
Chicago04:00 → 04:0612:3148 min12:310 min30 Mar
Jersey City05:00 → 05:0612:3748 min12:370 min30 Mar
Port of Spain05:00 → 05:0611:4648 min11:460 min30 Mar
London10:00 → 10:0612:4148 min12:410 min30 Mar
Durban11:00 → 11:0611:3648 min11:360 min30 Mar
Dubai13:00 → 13:0611:590 min11:5948 min31 Mar
Delhi14:30 → 14:3612:020 min12:0148 min31 Mar
Kolkata14:30 → 14:3611:170 min11:1748 min31 Mar
Singapore17:00 → 17:0612:450 min12:4548 min31 Mar
Sydney20:00 → 20:0612:350 min12:3548 min31 Mar
Suva21:00 → 21:0611:470 min11:4648 min31 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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