Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2038

Friday 9 April

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 14 s away. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 9 April

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

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 10 April

Qualifies with 2 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 11:58:05
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

2 of 48 minutes covered, the first 2

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 10:10 on Fri 9 Apr to 11:58 on Sat 10 Apr.

    2038-04-09T02:09:35Z → 2038-04-10T03:58:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 9th, 11:56–12:44 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 2 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 134 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2038: Friday 9 April.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2038 falls on Friday 9 April. Pañcamī runs from 10:10 on Fri 9 Apr to 11:58 on Sat 10 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 2 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 2 min 14 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2038/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 9 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 9 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 9 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:10 → 20:5812:3148 min12:300 min9 Apr
Chicago21:10 → 22:5812:2848 min12:280 min9 Apr
Jersey City22:10 → 23:5812:3448 min12:340 min9 Apr
Port of Spain22:10 → 23:5811:4448 min11:430 min9 Apr
London03:10 → 04:5812:3948 min12:380 min9 Apr
Durban04:10 → 05:5811:3348 min11:330 min9 Apr
Dubai06:10 → 07:5811:5748 min11:560 min9 Apr
Delhi07:40 → 09:2811:5948 min11:590 min9 Apr
Kolkata07:40 → 09:2811:1448 min11:140 min9 Apr
Singapore10:10 → 11:5812:4248 min12:420 min9 Apr
Sydney12:10 → 13:5811:3311 min11:3248 min9 Apr
Suva14:10 → 15:5811:440 min11:4448 min10 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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