Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2029

Thursday 19 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 80 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 Wednesday 18 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 19 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 14:01 on Wed 18 Apr to 15:18 on Thu 19 Apr.

    2029-04-18T06:01:28Z → 2029-04-19T07:17:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 18th, 11:54–12:42 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 4778 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2029: Thursday 19 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2029 falls on Thursday 19 April. Pañcamī runs from 14:01 on Wed 18 Apr to 15:18 on Thu 19 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2029/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 19 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 19 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:01 → 00:1812:2848 min12:280 min18 Apr
Chicago01:01 → 02:1812:2648 min12:260 min18 Apr
Jersey City02:01 → 03:1812:3248 min12:320 min18 Apr
Port of Spain02:01 → 03:1811:4148 min11:410 min18 Apr
London07:01 → 08:1812:3648 min12:360 min18 Apr
Durban08:01 → 09:1811:3148 min11:310 min18 Apr
Dubai10:01 → 11:1811:5448 min11:540 min18 Apr
Delhi11:31 → 12:4811:5748 min11:5648 min18 Apr
Kolkata11:31 → 12:4811:1229 min11:1248 min18 Apr
Singapore14:01 → 15:1812:400 min12:4048 min19 Apr
Sydney16:01 → 17:1811:300 min11:3048 min19 Apr
Suva18:01 → 19:1811:420 min11:4148 min19 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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