Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1908

Sunday 5 April

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 192 minutes.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 5 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:19  12:07 madhyāhna ends
10:3110:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:55

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 6 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:19  12:07 madhyāhna ends
10:3110:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:55

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 07:36 on Sun 5 Apr to 08:07 on Mon 6 Apr.

    1908-04-04T23:36:12Z → 1908-04-06T00:07:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:19–12:07 on the 5th, 11:19–12:07 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 11512 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Daqing, 1908: Sunday 5 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1908 falls on Sunday 5 April. Pañcamī runs from 07:36 on Sun 5 Apr to 08:07 on Mon 6 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1908/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 5 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 5 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 5 Apr
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:36 → 16:0711:320 min11:320 min5 Apr
Chicago17:36 → 18:0711:300 min11:290 min5 Apr
Jersey City18:36 → 19:0711:360 min11:350 min5 Apr
Port of Spain19:36 → 20:0711:450 min11:450 min5 Apr
London23:36 → 00:0711:400 min11:400 min5 Apr
Durban01:36 → 02:0711:350 min11:340 min5 Apr
Dubai03:17 → 03:4811:390 min11:390 min5 Apr
Delhi05:06 → 05:3712:000 min12:000 min5 Apr
Kolkata05:06 → 05:3711:160 min11:150 min5 Apr
Singapore06:36 → 07:0711:440 min11:430 min5 Apr
Sydney09:36 → 10:0711:340 min11:340 min5 Apr
Suva11:31 → 12:0211:400 min11:4022 min5 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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