Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2042

Tuesday 25 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 10 s.

Decide it for

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 25 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:08:40
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

40 of 48 minutes covered, the last 40

Midday of Wednesday 26 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 12:09 on Tue 25 Mar to 10:03 on Wed 26 Mar.

    2042-03-25T04:08:41Z → 2042-03-26T02:03:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 25th, 12:00–12:48 on the 26th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 40 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 490 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2042: Tuesday 25 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2042 falls on Tuesday 25 March. Pañcamī runs from 12:09 on Tue 25 Mar to 10:03 on Wed 26 Mar and covers 40 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2042/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 25 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 25 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 25 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:09 → 19:0312:3548 min12:350 min25 Mar
Chicago23:09 → 21:0312:3348 min12:330 min25 Mar
Jersey City00:09 → 22:0312:3948 min12:380 min25 Mar
Port of Spain00:09 → 22:0311:4848 min11:480 min25 Mar
London04:09 → 02:0311:4348 min11:430 min25 Mar
Durban06:09 → 04:0311:3848 min11:370 min25 Mar
Dubai08:09 → 06:0312:0148 min12:010 min25 Mar
Delhi09:39 → 07:3312:0348 min12:030 min25 Mar
Kolkata09:39 → 07:3311:1948 min11:180 min25 Mar
Singapore12:09 → 10:0312:4748 min12:460 min25 Mar
Sydney15:09 → 13:0312:370 min12:3727 min26 Mar
Suva16:09 → 14:0311:480 min11:4848 min26 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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