Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2052

Thursday 4 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 38 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 Wednesday 3 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 13:23:35
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 4 April

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

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 13:24 on Wed 3 Apr to 10:34 on Thu 4 Apr.

    2052-04-03T05:23:36Z → 2052-04-04T02:33:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd, 11:57–12:45 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 2273 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2052: Thursday 4 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2052 falls on Thursday 4 April. Pañcamī runs from 13:24 on Wed 3 Apr to 10:34 on Thu 4 Apr, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2052/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 4 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 4 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 3 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:24 → 19:3412:3248 min12:320 min3 Apr
Chicago00:24 → 21:3412:3048 min12:300 min3 Apr
Jersey City01:24 → 22:3412:3648 min12:350 min3 Apr
Port of Spain01:24 → 22:3411:4548 min11:450 min3 Apr
London06:24 → 03:3412:4048 min12:400 min3 Apr
Durban07:24 → 04:3411:3548 min11:350 min3 Apr
Dubai09:24 → 06:3411:5848 min11:580 min3 Apr
Delhi10:54 → 08:0412:0048 min12:000 min3 Apr
Kolkata10:54 → 08:0411:1648 min11:160 min3 Apr
Singapore13:24 → 10:3412:448 min12:440 min3 Apr
Sydney16:24 → 13:3412:340 min12:3448 min4 Apr
Suva17:24 → 14:3411:450 min11:4548 min4 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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