Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2082

Friday 3 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 491 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 Friday 3 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 4 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 02:17 on Fri 3 Apr to 03:47 on Sat 4 Apr.

    2082-04-02T18:16:49Z → 2082-04-03T19:46:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd, 11:58–12:46 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 29460 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2082: Friday 3 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2082 falls on Friday 3 April. Pañcamī runs from 02:17 on Fri 3 Apr to 03:47 on Sat 4 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2082/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 3 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 3 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:17 → 12:4712:3348 min12:3314 min2 Apr
Chicago13:17 → 14:4712:312 min12:3048 min2 Apr
Jersey City14:17 → 15:4712:360 min12:3648 min3 Apr
Port of Spain14:17 → 15:4711:460 min11:4548 min3 Apr
London19:17 → 20:4712:410 min12:4048 min3 Apr
Durban20:17 → 21:4711:350 min11:3548 min3 Apr
Dubai22:17 → 23:4711:590 min11:5848 min3 Apr
Delhi23:47 → 01:1712:010 min12:0148 min3 Apr
Kolkata23:47 → 01:1711:160 min11:1648 min3 Apr
Singapore02:17 → 03:4712:440 min12:4448 min3 Apr
Sydney05:17 → 06:4712:350 min12:3448 min3 Apr
Suva06:17 → 07:4711:460 min11:4648 min3 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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