Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2062

Friday 14 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 76 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 13 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 14 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 16:32 on Thu 13 Apr to 13:59 on Fri 14 Apr.

    2062-04-13T08:31:39Z → 2062-04-14T05:58:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 13th, 11:55–12:43 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 4546 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2062: Friday 14 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2062 falls on Friday 14 April. Pañcamī runs from 16:32 on Thu 13 Apr to 13:59 on Fri 14 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2062/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 14 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 14 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:32 → 22:5912:3048 min12:290 min13 Apr
Chicago03:32 → 00:5912:2748 min12:270 min13 Apr
Jersey City04:32 → 01:5912:3348 min12:330 min13 Apr
Port of Spain04:32 → 01:5911:4348 min11:420 min13 Apr
London09:32 → 06:5912:3848 min12:370 min13 Apr
Durban10:32 → 07:5911:3248 min11:320 min13 Apr
Dubai12:32 → 09:5911:5612 min11:550 min13 Apr
Delhi14:02 → 11:2911:580 min11:580 min14 Apr
Kolkata14:02 → 11:2911:130 min11:1316 min14 Apr
Singapore16:32 → 13:5912:410 min12:4148 min14 Apr
Sydney18:32 → 15:5911:320 min11:3148 min14 Apr
Suva20:32 → 17:5911:430 min11:4348 min14 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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