Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2081

Monday 14 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 262 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 Sunday 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

Midday of Monday 14 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 17:49 on Sun 13 Apr to 17:05 on Mon 14 Apr.

    2081-04-13T09:48:52Z → 2081-04-14T09:04:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 13th, 11:55–12:43 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 15720 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2081: Monday 14 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2081 falls on Monday 14 April. Pañcamī runs from 17:49 on Sun 13 Apr to 17:05 on Mon 14 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2081/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 14 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 14 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:49 → 02:0512:3048 min12:300 min13 Apr
Chicago04:49 → 04:0512:2848 min12:270 min13 Apr
Jersey City05:49 → 05:0512:3348 min12:330 min13 Apr
Port of Spain05:49 → 05:0511:4348 min11:420 min13 Apr
London10:49 → 10:0512:3848 min12:370 min13 Apr
Durban11:49 → 11:0511:3231 min11:320 min13 Apr
Dubai13:49 → 13:0511:560 min11:5548 min14 Apr
Delhi15:19 → 14:3511:580 min11:5848 min14 Apr
Kolkata15:19 → 14:3511:130 min11:1348 min14 Apr
Singapore17:49 → 17:0512:410 min12:4148 min14 Apr
Sydney19:49 → 19:0511:320 min11:3148 min14 Apr
Suva21:49 → 21:0511:430 min11:4348 min14 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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