Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2034

Friday 24 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 419 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 24 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 25 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 05:01 on Fri 24 Mar to 02:13 on Sat 25 Mar.

    2034-03-23T21:01:26Z → 2034-03-24T18:12:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 24th, 12:01–12:49 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 25163 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2034: Friday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2034 falls on Friday 24 March. Pañcamī runs from 05:01 on Fri 24 Mar to 02:13 on Sat 25 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2034/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:01 → 11:1312:360 min12:350 min24 Mar
Chicago16:01 → 13:1312:330 min12:3340 min24 Mar
Jersey City17:01 → 14:1312:390 min12:3948 min24 Mar
Port of Spain17:01 → 14:1311:490 min11:4848 min24 Mar
London21:01 → 18:1311:440 min11:4348 min24 Mar
Durban23:01 → 20:1311:380 min11:3848 min24 Mar
Dubai01:01 → 22:1312:020 min12:0148 min24 Mar
Delhi02:31 → 23:4312:040 min12:0448 min24 Mar
Kolkata02:31 → 23:4311:190 min11:1948 min24 Mar
Singapore05:01 → 02:1312:470 min12:4748 min24 Mar
Sydney08:01 → 05:1312:380 min12:3748 min24 Mar
Suva09:01 → 06:1311:490 min11:4948 min24 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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