Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2085

Friday 30 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 305 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 Thursday 29 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 30 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 17:52 on Thu 29 Mar to 18:04 on Fri 30 Mar.

    2085-03-29T09:52:29Z → 2085-03-30T10:03:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 29th, 11:59–12:47 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 18309 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2085: Friday 30 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2085 falls on Friday 30 March. Pañcamī runs from 17:52 on Thu 29 Mar to 18:04 on Fri 30 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2085/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 30 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 30 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:52 → 03:0412:3448 min12:340 min29 Mar
Chicago04:52 → 05:0412:3248 min12:310 min29 Mar
Jersey City05:52 → 06:0412:3748 min12:370 min29 Mar
Port of Spain05:52 → 06:0411:4748 min11:470 min29 Mar
London10:52 → 11:0412:4248 min12:420 min29 Mar
Durban11:52 → 12:0411:3632 min11:3627 min29 Mar
Dubai13:52 → 14:0412:000 min11:5948 min30 Mar
Delhi15:22 → 15:3412:020 min12:0248 min30 Mar
Kolkata15:22 → 15:3411:180 min11:1748 min30 Mar
Singapore17:52 → 18:0412:450 min12:4548 min30 Mar
Sydney20:52 → 21:0412:360 min12:3648 min30 Mar
Suva21:52 → 22:0411:470 min11:4748 min30 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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