Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2070

Tuesday 15 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 365 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 Monday 14 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 Tuesday 15 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 21:38 on Mon 14 Apr to 18:47 on Tue 15 Apr.

    2070-04-14T13:38:26Z → 2070-04-15T10:47:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 14th, 11:55–12:43 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 21888 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2070: Tuesday 15 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2070 falls on Tuesday 15 April. Pañcamī runs from 21:38 on Mon 14 Apr to 18:47 on Tue 15 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2070/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 15 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 15 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:38 → 03:4712:3048 min12:290 min14 Apr
Chicago08:38 → 05:4712:2748 min12:270 min14 Apr
Jersey City09:38 → 06:4712:3348 min12:330 min14 Apr
Port of Spain09:38 → 06:4711:4248 min11:420 min14 Apr
London14:38 → 11:4712:370 min12:370 min15 Apr
Durban15:38 → 12:4711:320 min11:3248 min15 Apr
Dubai17:38 → 14:4711:550 min11:5548 min15 Apr
Delhi19:08 → 16:1711:580 min11:5748 min15 Apr
Kolkata19:08 → 16:1711:130 min11:1348 min15 Apr
Singapore21:38 → 18:4712:410 min12:4148 min15 Apr
Sydney23:38 → 20:4711:310 min11:3148 min15 Apr
Suva01:38 → 22:4711:430 min11:4248 min15 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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