Midday of Tuesday 30 March
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:59 12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2066
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 47 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 30 March
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 31 March
Qualifies with 44 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
44 of 48 minutes covered, the first 44
Aṅga
Pañcamī runs from 10:24 on Tue 30 Mar to 12:43 on Wed 31 Mar.
2066-03-30T02:23:55Z → 2066-03-31T04:42:59Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 30th, 11:59–12:47 on the 31st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 44 of 48 on the 31st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 227 s < 300 s
Ruling
Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2066: Tuesday 30 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2066 falls on Tuesday 30 March. Pañcamī runs from 10:24 on Tue 30 Mar to 12:43 on Wed 31 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 44 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 3 min 47 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 30 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 30 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 30 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/lakshmi-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 5 Sri pancami or Laksmi pancami (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pañcamī | Madhyāhna 30th | Covered | Madhyāhna 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:24 → 21:43 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:33 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Chicago | 21:24 → 23:43 | 12:31 | 48 min | 12:31 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Jersey City | 22:24 → 00:43 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:37 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 22:24 → 00:43 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| London | 03:24 → 05:43 | 12:42 | 48 min | 12:41 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Durban | 04:24 → 06:43 | 11:36 | 48 min | 11:36 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Dubai | 06:24 → 08:43 | 11:59 | 48 min | 11:59 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Delhi | 07:54 → 10:13 | 12:02 | 48 min | 12:02 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Kolkata | 07:54 → 10:13 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Singapore | 10:24 → 12:43 | 12:45 | 48 min | 12:45 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Sydney | 13:24 → 15:43 | 12:36 | 0 min | 12:35 | 48 min | 31 Mar |
| Suva | 14:24 → 16:43 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 31 Mar |