Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2091

Sunday 25 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 544 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 Saturday 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

Midday of Sunday 25 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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 21:53 on Sat 24 Mar to 23:53 on Sun 25 Mar.

    2091-03-24T13:52:40Z → 2091-03-25T15:52:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 24th, 12:01–12:49 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 32617 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2091: Sunday 25 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2091 falls on Sunday 25 March. Pañcamī runs from 21:53 on Sat 24 Mar to 23:53 on Sun 25 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2091/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 25 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 25 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:53 → 08:5312:3648 min12:350 min24 Mar
Chicago08:53 → 10:5312:3348 min12:330 min24 Mar
Jersey City09:53 → 11:5312:3948 min12:390 min24 Mar
Port of Spain09:53 → 11:5311:4948 min11:484 min24 Mar
London13:53 → 16:5311:430 min12:4348 min25 Mar
Durban15:53 → 17:5311:380 min11:3848 min25 Mar
Dubai17:53 → 19:5312:010 min12:0148 min25 Mar
Delhi19:23 → 21:2312:040 min12:0448 min25 Mar
Kolkata19:23 → 21:2311:190 min11:1948 min25 Mar
Singapore21:53 → 23:5312:470 min12:4748 min25 Mar
Sydney00:53 → 02:5312:380 min12:3748 min25 Mar
Suva01:53 → 03:5311:490 min11:4848 min25 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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