Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2083

Tuesday 23 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 468 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 Tuesday 23 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 24 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 01:42 on Tue 23 Mar to 04:13 on Wed 24 Mar.

    2083-03-22T17:42:19Z → 2083-03-23T20:13:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 23rd, 12:01–12:49 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 28075 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2083: Tuesday 23 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2083 falls on Tuesday 23 March. Pañcamī runs from 01:42 on Tue 23 Mar to 04:13 on Wed 24 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2083/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:42 → 13:1312:3648 min12:3637 min22 Mar
Chicago12:42 → 15:1312:3440 min12:3448 min22 Mar
Jersey City13:42 → 16:1312:400 min12:3948 min23 Mar
Port of Spain13:42 → 16:1311:490 min11:4948 min23 Mar
London17:42 → 20:1311:440 min11:4448 min23 Mar
Durban19:42 → 22:1311:390 min11:3848 min23 Mar
Dubai21:42 → 00:1312:020 min12:0248 min23 Mar
Delhi23:12 → 01:4312:040 min12:0448 min23 Mar
Kolkata23:12 → 01:4311:200 min11:1948 min23 Mar
Singapore01:42 → 04:1312:480 min12:4748 min23 Mar
Sydney04:42 → 07:1312:380 min12:3848 min23 Mar
Suva05:42 → 08:1311:490 min11:4948 min23 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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