Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2095

Friday 8 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 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 8 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:15:19
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

29 of 48 minutes covered, the last 29

Midday of Saturday 9 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 12:15 on Fri 8 Apr to 10:44 on Sat 9 Apr.

    2095-04-08T04:15:19Z → 2095-04-09T02:43:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 8th, 11:56–12:44 on the 9th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 29 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 1119 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2095: Friday 8 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2095 falls on Friday 8 April. Pañcamī runs from 12:15 on Fri 8 Apr to 10:44 on Sat 9 Apr and covers 29 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2095/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:15 → 19:4412:3148 min12:310 min8 Apr
Chicago23:15 → 21:4412:2948 min12:290 min8 Apr
Jersey City00:15 → 22:4412:3548 min12:340 min8 Apr
Port of Spain00:15 → 22:4411:4448 min11:440 min8 Apr
London05:15 → 03:4412:3948 min12:390 min8 Apr
Durban06:15 → 04:4411:3448 min11:340 min8 Apr
Dubai08:15 → 06:4411:5748 min11:570 min8 Apr
Delhi09:45 → 08:1411:5948 min11:590 min8 Apr
Kolkata09:45 → 08:1411:1548 min11:150 min8 Apr
Singapore12:15 → 10:4412:4348 min12:430 min8 Apr
Sydney14:15 → 12:4411:330 min11:3348 min9 Apr
Suva16:15 → 14:4411:440 min11:4448 min9 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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