Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2073

Wednesday 12 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 313 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 Wednesday 12 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

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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 05:47 on Wed 12 Apr to 06:42 on Thu 13 Apr.

    2073-04-11T21:47:03Z → 2073-04-12T22:42:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 18758 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2073: Wednesday 12 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2073 falls on Wednesday 12 April. Pañcamī runs from 05:47 on Wed 12 Apr to 06:42 on Thu 13 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2073/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 12 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 12 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:47 → 15:4212:300 min12:3048 min12 Apr
Chicago16:47 → 17:4212:280 min12:2848 min12 Apr
Jersey City17:47 → 18:4212:340 min12:3348 min12 Apr
Port of Spain17:47 → 18:4211:430 min11:4348 min12 Apr
London22:47 → 23:4212:380 min12:3848 min12 Apr
Durban23:47 → 00:4211:330 min11:3248 min12 Apr
Dubai01:47 → 02:4211:560 min11:5648 min12 Apr
Delhi03:17 → 04:1211:580 min11:5848 min12 Apr
Kolkata03:17 → 04:1211:140 min11:1448 min12 Apr
Singapore05:47 → 06:4212:420 min12:4148 min12 Apr
Sydney07:47 → 08:4211:320 min11:3248 min12 Apr
Suva09:47 → 10:4211:430 min11:4348 min12 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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