Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2053

Monday 24 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 199 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 Monday 24 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 25 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 08:42 on Mon 24 Mar to 06:30 on Tue 25 Mar.

    2053-03-24T00:42:08Z → 2053-03-24T22:29:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 24th, 12:00–12:48 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 11917 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2053: Monday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2053 falls on Monday 24 March. Pañcamī runs from 08:42 on Mon 24 Mar to 06:30 on Tue 25 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2053/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 24 Mar
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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:42 → 15:3012:3548 min12:350 min24 Mar
Chicago19:42 → 17:3012:3348 min12:330 min24 Mar
Jersey City20:42 → 18:3012:3948 min12:380 min24 Mar
Port of Spain20:42 → 18:3011:4848 min11:480 min24 Mar
London00:42 → 22:3011:4348 min11:430 min24 Mar
Durban02:42 → 00:3011:3848 min11:380 min24 Mar
Dubai04:42 → 02:3012:0148 min12:010 min24 Mar
Delhi06:12 → 04:0012:0448 min12:030 min24 Mar
Kolkata06:12 → 04:0011:1948 min11:190 min24 Mar
Singapore08:42 → 06:3012:4748 min12:470 min24 Mar
Sydney11:42 → 09:3012:3748 min12:370 min24 Mar
Suva12:42 → 10:3011:480 min11:480 min25 Mar
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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