Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2044

Saturday 2 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 224 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 Saturday 2 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 Sunday 3 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 08:14 on Sat 2 Apr to 05:38 on Sun 3 Apr.

    2044-04-02T00:14:07Z → 2044-04-02T21:38:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd, 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 13433 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2044: Saturday 2 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2044 falls on Saturday 2 April. Pañcamī runs from 08:14 on Sat 2 Apr to 05:38 on Sun 3 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2044/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:14 → 14:3812:3348 min12:320 min2 Apr
Chicago19:14 → 16:3812:3048 min12:300 min2 Apr
Jersey City20:14 → 17:3812:3648 min12:360 min2 Apr
Port of Spain20:14 → 17:3811:4648 min11:450 min2 Apr
London01:14 → 22:3812:4048 min12:400 min2 Apr
Durban02:14 → 23:3811:3548 min11:350 min2 Apr
Dubai04:14 → 01:3811:5848 min11:580 min2 Apr
Delhi05:44 → 03:0812:0148 min12:000 min2 Apr
Kolkata05:44 → 03:0811:1648 min11:160 min2 Apr
Singapore08:14 → 05:3812:4448 min12:440 min2 Apr
Sydney11:14 → 07:3812:3448 min11:340 min2 Apr
Suva12:14 → 09:3811:4620 min11:450 min2 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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