Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2058

Friday 29 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 116 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 28 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

Midday of Friday 29 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

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 14:44 on Thu 28 Mar to 15:48 on Fri 29 Mar.

    2058-03-28T06:43:50Z → 2058-03-29T07:47:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 28th, 11:59–12:47 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 6972 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2058: Friday 29 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2058 falls on Friday 29 March. Pañcamī runs from 14:44 on Thu 28 Mar to 15:48 on Fri 29 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2058/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 29 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 29 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:44 → 00:4812:3448 min12:340 min28 Mar
Chicago01:44 → 02:4812:3248 min12:320 min28 Mar
Jersey City02:44 → 03:4812:3848 min12:370 min28 Mar
Port of Spain02:44 → 03:4811:4748 min11:470 min28 Mar
London06:44 → 07:4811:4248 min11:420 min28 Mar
Durban08:44 → 09:4811:3748 min11:360 min28 Mar
Dubai10:44 → 11:4812:0048 min12:000 min28 Mar
Delhi12:14 → 13:1812:0237 min12:0248 min28 Mar
Kolkata12:14 → 13:1811:180 min11:1848 min29 Mar
Singapore14:44 → 15:4812:460 min12:4548 min29 Mar
Sydney17:44 → 18:4812:360 min12:3648 min29 Mar
Suva18:44 → 19:4811:470 min11:4748 min29 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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