Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2096

Wednesday 28 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 509 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 Wednesday 28 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 03:30 on Wed 28 Mar to 00:50 on Thu 29 Mar.

    2096-03-27T19:30:30Z → 2096-03-28T16:49:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 28th, 11:59–12:47 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 30548 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2096: Wednesday 28 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2096 falls on Wednesday 28 March. Pañcamī runs from 03:30 on Wed 28 Mar to 00:50 on Thu 29 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2096/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 28 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 28 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:30 → 09:5012:3548 min12:340 min27 Mar
Chicago14:30 → 11:5012:320 min12:320 min28 Mar
Jersey City15:30 → 12:5012:380 min12:3812 min28 Mar
Port of Spain15:30 → 12:5011:470 min11:4748 min28 Mar
London20:30 → 17:5012:420 min12:4248 min28 Mar
Durban21:30 → 18:5011:370 min11:3748 min28 Mar
Dubai23:30 → 20:5012:000 min12:0048 min28 Mar
Delhi01:00 → 22:2012:030 min12:0248 min28 Mar
Kolkata01:00 → 22:2011:180 min11:1848 min28 Mar
Singapore03:30 → 00:5012:460 min12:4648 min28 Mar
Sydney06:30 → 03:5012:360 min12:3648 min28 Mar
Suva07:30 → 04:5011:480 min11:4748 min28 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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