Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2061

Saturday 26 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 53 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Friday 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

Midday of Saturday 26 March

Taken. Pañcamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

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 13:42 on Fri 25 Mar to 10:57 on Sat 26 Mar.

    2061-03-25T05:41:50Z → 2061-03-26T02:56:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 25th, 12:00–12:48 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 3203 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2061: Saturday 26 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2061 falls on Saturday 26 March. Pañcamī runs from 13:42 on Fri 25 Mar to 10:57 on Sat 26 Mar, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2061/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:42 → 19:5712:3548 min12:350 min25 Mar
Chicago00:42 → 21:5712:3348 min12:320 min25 Mar
Jersey City01:42 → 22:5712:3848 min12:380 min25 Mar
Port of Spain01:42 → 22:5711:4848 min11:480 min25 Mar
London05:42 → 02:5711:4348 min11:430 min25 Mar
Durban07:42 → 04:5711:3848 min11:370 min25 Mar
Dubai09:42 → 06:5712:0148 min12:010 min25 Mar
Delhi11:12 → 08:2712:0348 min12:030 min25 Mar
Kolkata11:12 → 08:2711:1948 min11:180 min25 Mar
Singapore13:42 → 10:5712:470 min12:460 min26 Mar
Sydney16:42 → 13:5712:370 min12:3748 min26 Mar
Suva17:42 → 14:5711:480 min11:4848 min26 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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