Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2057

Monday 9 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 210 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 Sunday 8 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 9 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 16:15 on Sun 8 Apr to 18:51 on Mon 9 Apr.

    2057-04-08T08:14:52Z → 2057-04-09T10:50:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 8th, 11:56–12:44 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 12629 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2057: Monday 9 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2057 falls on Monday 9 April. Pañcamī runs from 16:15 on Sun 8 Apr to 18:51 on Mon 9 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2057/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 9 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 9 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:15 → 03:5112:3148 min12:310 min8 Apr
Chicago03:15 → 05:5112:2948 min12:280 min8 Apr
Jersey City04:15 → 06:5112:3448 min12:340 min8 Apr
Port of Spain04:15 → 06:5111:4448 min11:440 min8 Apr
London09:15 → 11:5112:3948 min12:390 min8 Apr
Durban10:15 → 12:5111:3448 min11:3348 min8 Apr
Dubai12:15 → 14:5111:5730 min11:5748 min8 Apr
Delhi13:45 → 16:2111:590 min11:5948 min9 Apr
Kolkata13:45 → 16:2111:150 min11:1448 min9 Apr
Singapore16:15 → 18:5112:420 min12:4248 min9 Apr
Sydney18:15 → 20:5111:330 min11:3348 min9 Apr
Suva20:15 → 22:5111:440 min11:4448 min9 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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