Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2037

Sunday 22 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 100 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 Saturday 21 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 22 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 14:30 on Sat 21 Mar to 15:13 on Sun 22 Mar.

    2037-03-21T06:29:56Z → 2037-03-22T07:12:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 21st, 12:01–12:49 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 6019 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2037: Sunday 22 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2037 falls on Sunday 22 March. Pañcamī runs from 14:30 on Sat 21 Mar to 15:13 on Sun 22 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2037/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 22 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 22 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:30 → 00:1312:3648 min12:360 min21 Mar
Chicago01:30 → 02:1312:3448 min12:340 min21 Mar
Jersey City02:30 → 03:1312:4048 min12:390 min21 Mar
Port of Spain02:30 → 03:1311:4948 min11:490 min21 Mar
London06:30 → 07:1311:4448 min11:440 min21 Mar
Durban08:30 → 09:1311:3948 min11:380 min21 Mar
Dubai10:30 → 11:1312:0248 min12:020 min21 Mar
Delhi12:00 → 12:4312:0448 min12:0439 min21 Mar
Kolkata12:00 → 12:4311:208 min11:2048 min21 Mar
Singapore14:30 → 15:1312:480 min12:4748 min22 Mar
Sydney17:30 → 18:1312:380 min12:3848 min22 Mar
Suva18:30 → 19:1311:490 min11:4948 min22 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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