Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2032

Wednesday 14 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 288 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 14 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

Midday of Thursday 15 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 06:27 on Wed 14 Apr to 07:07 on Thu 15 Apr.

    2032-04-13T22:26:50Z → 2032-04-14T23:06:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 14th, 11:54–12:42 on the 15th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 17274 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2032: Wednesday 14 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2032 falls on Wednesday 14 April. Pañcamī runs from 06:27 on Wed 14 Apr to 07:07 on Thu 15 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2032/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:27 → 16:0712:300 min12:2948 min14 Apr
Chicago17:27 → 18:0712:270 min12:2748 min14 Apr
Jersey City18:27 → 19:0712:330 min12:3348 min14 Apr
Port of Spain18:27 → 19:0711:430 min11:4248 min14 Apr
London23:27 → 00:0712:370 min12:3748 min14 Apr
Durban00:27 → 01:0711:320 min11:3248 min14 Apr
Dubai02:27 → 03:0711:550 min11:5548 min14 Apr
Delhi03:57 → 04:3711:580 min11:5848 min14 Apr
Kolkata03:57 → 04:3711:130 min11:1348 min14 Apr
Singapore06:27 → 07:0712:410 min12:4148 min14 Apr
Sydney08:27 → 09:0711:310 min11:3148 min14 Apr
Suva10:27 → 11:0711:430 min11:4248 min14 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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