Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2055

Friday 2 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 568 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 Thursday 1 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 22:14 on Thu 1 Apr to 23:04 on Fri 2 Apr.

    2055-04-01T14:14:30Z → 2055-04-02T15:03:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 1st, 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 34079 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2055: Friday 2 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2055 falls on Friday 2 April. Pañcamī runs from 22:14 on Thu 1 Apr to 23:04 on Fri 2 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2055/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 2 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 2 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:14 → 08:0412:3348 min12:330 min1 Apr
Chicago09:14 → 10:0412:3148 min12:310 min1 Apr
Jersey City10:14 → 11:0412:3748 min12:360 min1 Apr
Port of Spain10:14 → 11:0411:4648 min11:460 min1 Apr
London15:14 → 16:0412:410 min12:4148 min2 Apr
Durban16:14 → 17:0411:360 min11:3548 min2 Apr
Dubai18:14 → 19:0411:590 min11:5948 min2 Apr
Delhi19:44 → 20:3412:010 min12:0148 min2 Apr
Kolkata19:44 → 20:3411:170 min11:1648 min2 Apr
Singapore22:14 → 23:0412:450 min12:4448 min2 Apr
Sydney01:14 → 02:0412:350 min12:3548 min2 Apr
Suva02:14 → 03:0411:460 min11:4648 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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