Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2080

Tuesday 26 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 164 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 25 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 26 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 17:09 on Mon 25 Mar to 15:32 on Tue 26 Mar.

    2080-03-25T09:08:54Z → 2080-03-26T07:32:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 25th, 12:00–12:48 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 9853 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2080: Tuesday 26 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2080 falls on Tuesday 26 March. Pañcamī runs from 17:09 on Mon 25 Mar to 15:32 on Tue 26 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2080/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 26 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 26 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 26 Mar
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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:09 → 00:3212:3548 min12:350 min25 Mar
Chicago04:09 → 02:3212:3348 min12:320 min25 Mar
Jersey City05:09 → 03:3212:3848 min12:380 min25 Mar
Port of Spain05:09 → 03:3211:4848 min11:480 min25 Mar
London09:09 → 07:3211:4348 min11:430 min25 Mar
Durban11:09 → 09:3211:3848 min11:370 min25 Mar
Dubai13:09 → 11:3212:010 min12:010 min26 Mar
Delhi14:39 → 13:0212:030 min12:0348 min26 Mar
Kolkata14:39 → 13:0211:190 min11:1848 min26 Mar
Singapore17:09 → 15:3212:470 min12:4648 min26 Mar
Sydney20:09 → 18:3212:370 min12:3748 min26 Mar
Suva21:09 → 19:3211:480 min11:4848 min26 Mar
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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