Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2079

Thursday 6 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 397 minutes.

Decide it for

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 5 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 6 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 22:07 on Wed 5 Apr to 19:22 on Thu 6 Apr.

    2079-04-05T14:06:32Z → 2079-04-06T11:21:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 5th, 11:57–12:45 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 23801 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2079: Thursday 6 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2079 falls on Thursday 6 April. Pañcamī runs from 22:07 on Wed 5 Apr to 19:22 on Thu 6 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2079/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 6 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 6 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:07 → 04:2212:3248 min12:320 min5 Apr
Chicago09:07 → 06:2212:3048 min12:290 min5 Apr
Jersey City10:07 → 07:2212:3548 min12:350 min5 Apr
Port of Spain10:07 → 07:2211:4548 min11:450 min5 Apr
London15:07 → 12:2212:400 min12:400 min6 Apr
Durban16:07 → 13:2211:350 min11:3448 min6 Apr
Dubai18:07 → 15:2211:580 min11:5848 min6 Apr
Delhi19:37 → 16:5212:000 min12:0048 min6 Apr
Kolkata19:37 → 16:5211:160 min11:1548 min6 Apr
Singapore22:07 → 19:2212:440 min12:4348 min6 Apr
Sydney00:07 → 21:2211:340 min11:3448 min6 Apr
Suva02:07 → 23:2211:450 min11:4548 min6 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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