Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2086

Thursday 18 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 48 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 Wednesday 17 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 18 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 14:26 on Wed 17 Apr to 13:30 on Thu 18 Apr.

    2086-04-17T06:25:56Z → 2086-04-18T05:30:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 17th, 11:54–12:42 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 2904 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2086: Thursday 18 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2086 falls on Thursday 18 April. Pañcamī runs from 14:26 on Wed 17 Apr to 13:30 on Thu 18 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2086/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 18 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 18 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:26 → 22:3012:2948 min12:290 min17 Apr
Chicago01:26 → 00:3012:2748 min12:260 min17 Apr
Jersey City02:26 → 01:3012:3248 min12:320 min17 Apr
Port of Spain02:26 → 01:3011:4248 min11:420 min17 Apr
London07:26 → 06:3012:3748 min12:370 min17 Apr
Durban08:26 → 07:3011:3148 min11:310 min17 Apr
Dubai10:26 → 09:3011:5548 min11:550 min17 Apr
Delhi11:56 → 11:0011:5748 min11:570 min17 Apr
Kolkata11:56 → 11:0011:135 min11:120 min17 Apr
Singapore14:26 → 13:3012:400 min12:4048 min18 Apr
Sydney16:26 → 15:3011:310 min11:3148 min18 Apr
Suva18:26 → 17:3011:420 min11:4248 min18 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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