Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2036

Tuesday 1 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 583 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Tuesday 1 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 2 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 02:16 on Tue 1 Apr to 00:44 on Wed 2 Apr.

    2036-03-31T18:15:40Z → 2036-04-01T16:44:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 1st, 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 34956 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2036: Tuesday 1 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2036 falls on Tuesday 1 April. Pañcamī runs from 02:16 on Tue 1 Apr to 00:44 on Wed 2 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2036/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 1 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 1 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:16 → 09:4412:3348 min12:330 min31 Mar
Chicago13:16 → 11:4412:313 min12:310 min31 Mar
Jersey City14:16 → 12:4412:370 min12:368 min1 Apr
Port of Spain14:16 → 12:4411:460 min11:4648 min1 Apr
London19:16 → 17:4412:410 min12:4148 min1 Apr
Durban20:16 → 18:4411:360 min11:3548 min1 Apr
Dubai22:16 → 20:4411:590 min11:5948 min1 Apr
Delhi23:46 → 22:1412:010 min12:0148 min1 Apr
Kolkata23:46 → 22:1411:170 min11:1648 min1 Apr
Singapore02:16 → 00:4412:450 min12:4448 min1 Apr
Sydney05:16 → 03:4412:350 min12:3548 min1 Apr
Suva06:16 → 04:4411:460 min11:4648 min1 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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