Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2031

Thursday 27 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 13 minutes.

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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 27 March

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:35:16
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

13 of 48 minutes covered, the last 13

Midday of Friday 28 March

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 12:35 on Thu 27 Mar to 14:25 on Fri 28 Mar.

    2031-03-27T04:35:17Z → 2031-03-28T06:24:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 27th, 12:00–12:48 on the 28th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 13 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 764 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2031: Thursday 27 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2031 falls on Thursday 27 March. Pañcamī runs from 12:35 on Thu 27 Mar to 14:25 on Fri 28 Mar and covers 13 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2031/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 27 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 27 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 27 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:35 → 23:2512:3548 min12:340 min27 Mar
Chicago23:35 → 01:2512:3248 min12:320 min27 Mar
Jersey City00:35 → 02:2512:3848 min12:380 min27 Mar
Port of Spain00:35 → 02:2511:4848 min11:470 min27 Mar
London04:35 → 06:2511:4248 min11:420 min27 Mar
Durban06:35 → 08:2511:3748 min11:370 min27 Mar
Dubai08:35 → 10:2512:0048 min12:000 min27 Mar
Delhi10:05 → 11:5512:0348 min12:020 min27 Mar
Kolkata10:05 → 11:5511:1848 min11:1837 min27 Mar
Singapore12:35 → 14:2512:4648 min12:4648 min27 Mar
Sydney15:35 → 17:2512:360 min12:3648 min28 Mar
Suva16:35 → 18:2511:480 min11:4748 min28 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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