Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2056

Tuesday 21 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 562 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 Tuesday 21 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 22 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 00:12 on Tue 21 Mar to 02:40 on Wed 22 Mar.

    2056-03-20T16:11:54Z → 2056-03-21T18:39:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 21st, 12:01–12:49 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 33702 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2056: Tuesday 21 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2056 falls on Tuesday 21 March. Pañcamī runs from 00:12 on Tue 21 Mar to 02:40 on Wed 22 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2056/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 21 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 21 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:12 → 11:4012:3648 min12:360 min20 Mar
Chicago11:12 → 13:4012:3448 min12:3448 min20 Mar
Jersey City12:12 → 14:4012:4048 min12:4048 min20 Mar
Port of Spain12:12 → 14:4011:4926 min11:4948 min20 Mar
London16:12 → 18:4011:440 min11:4448 min21 Mar
Durban18:12 → 20:4011:390 min11:3948 min21 Mar
Dubai20:12 → 22:4012:020 min12:0248 min21 Mar
Delhi21:42 → 00:1012:050 min12:0448 min21 Mar
Kolkata21:42 → 00:1011:200 min11:2048 min21 Mar
Singapore00:12 → 02:4012:480 min12:4848 min21 Mar
Sydney03:12 → 05:4012:380 min12:3848 min21 Mar
Suva04:12 → 06:4011:500 min11:4948 min21 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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