Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2043

Tuesday 14 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 31 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 Monday 13 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 13:14:07
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 14 April

Taken. Pañcamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 13:14 on Mon 13 Apr to 10:28 on Tue 14 Apr.

    2043-04-13T05:14:08Z → 2043-04-14T02:28:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 13th, 11:55–12:43 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 1857 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2043: Tuesday 14 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2043 falls on Tuesday 14 April. Pañcamī runs from 13:14 on Mon 13 Apr to 10:28 on Tue 14 Apr, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2043/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 14 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 14 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 13 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:14 → 19:2812:3048 min12:300 min13 Apr
Chicago00:14 → 21:2812:2848 min12:270 min13 Apr
Jersey City01:14 → 22:2812:3348 min12:330 min13 Apr
Port of Spain01:14 → 22:2811:4348 min11:420 min13 Apr
London06:14 → 03:2812:3848 min12:370 min13 Apr
Durban07:14 → 04:2811:3248 min11:320 min13 Apr
Dubai09:14 → 06:2811:5648 min11:550 min13 Apr
Delhi10:44 → 07:5811:5848 min11:580 min13 Apr
Kolkata10:44 → 07:5811:1348 min11:130 min13 Apr
Singapore13:14 → 10:2812:4115 min12:410 min13 Apr
Sydney15:14 → 12:2811:320 min11:3148 min14 Apr
Suva17:14 → 14:2811:430 min11:4348 min14 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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