Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2046

Wednesday 11 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 656 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 Wednesday 11 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 12 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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 00:47 on Wed 11 Apr to 00:59 on Thu 12 Apr.

    2046-04-10T16:47:07Z → 2046-04-11T16:59:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 11th, 11:55–12:43 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 39359 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2046: Wednesday 11 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2046 falls on Wednesday 11 April. Pañcamī runs from 00:47 on Wed 11 Apr to 00:59 on Thu 12 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2046/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:47 → 09:5912:3048 min12:300 min10 Apr
Chicago11:47 → 11:5912:2848 min12:280 min10 Apr
Jersey City12:47 → 12:5912:3435 min12:3426 min10 Apr
Port of Spain12:47 → 12:5911:430 min11:4348 min11 Apr
London17:47 → 17:5912:380 min12:3848 min11 Apr
Durban18:47 → 18:5911:330 min11:3348 min11 Apr
Dubai20:47 → 20:5911:560 min11:5648 min11 Apr
Delhi22:17 → 22:2911:590 min11:5848 min11 Apr
Kolkata22:17 → 22:2911:140 min11:1448 min11 Apr
Singapore00:47 → 00:5912:420 min12:4248 min11 Apr
Sydney02:47 → 02:5911:320 min11:3248 min11 Apr
Suva04:47 → 04:5911:440 min11:4348 min11 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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