Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2048

Saturday 18 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 560 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 Friday 17 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 18 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 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 22:02 on Fri 17 Apr to 00:42 on Sun 19 Apr.

    2048-04-17T14:02:02Z → 2048-04-18T16:41:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 17th, 11:54–12:42 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 33601 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2048: Saturday 18 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2048 falls on Saturday 18 April. Pañcamī runs from 22:02 on Fri 17 Apr to 00:42 on Sun 19 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2048/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 18 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 18 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:02 → 09:4212:2948 min12:280 min17 Apr
Chicago09:02 → 11:4212:2648 min12:260 min17 Apr
Jersey City10:02 → 12:4212:3248 min12:3210 min17 Apr
Port of Spain10:02 → 12:4211:4248 min11:4148 min17 Apr
London15:02 → 17:4212:370 min12:3648 min18 Apr
Durban16:02 → 18:4211:310 min11:3148 min18 Apr
Dubai18:02 → 20:4211:540 min11:5448 min18 Apr
Delhi19:32 → 22:1211:570 min11:5748 min18 Apr
Kolkata19:32 → 22:1211:120 min11:1248 min18 Apr
Singapore22:02 → 00:4212:400 min12:4048 min18 Apr
Sydney00:02 → 02:4211:310 min11:3048 min18 Apr
Suva02:02 → 04:4211:420 min11:4248 min18 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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