Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 1925

Sunday 29 March

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 538 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 28 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:22  12:10 madhyāhna ends
10:3410:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:58

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 29 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:22  12:10 madhyāhna ends
10:3410:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:58

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 21:08 on Sat 28 Mar to 22:32 on Sun 29 Mar.

    1925-03-28T13:08:12Z → 1925-03-29T14:31:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:22–12:10 on the 28th, 11:22–12:10 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 48 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 32303 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Daqing, 1925: Sunday 29 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 1925 falls on Sunday 29 March. Pañcamī runs from 21:08 on Sat 28 Mar to 22:32 on Sun 29 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1925/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 29 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 29 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 29 Mar
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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:08 → 06:3211:3448 min11:340 min28 Mar
Chicago07:08 → 08:3211:3248 min11:320 min28 Mar
Jersey City08:08 → 09:3211:3848 min11:380 min28 Mar
Port of Spain09:08 → 10:3211:4748 min11:470 min28 Mar
London13:08 → 14:3211:420 min11:4248 min29 Mar
Durban15:08 → 16:3211:370 min11:3748 min29 Mar
Dubai17:08 → 18:3212:000 min12:0048 min29 Mar
Delhi18:38 → 20:0212:030 min12:0248 min29 Mar
Kolkata18:38 → 20:0211:180 min11:1848 min29 Mar
Singapore20:08 → 21:3211:460 min11:4648 min29 Mar
Sydney23:08 → 00:3211:360 min11:3648 min29 Mar
Suva01:08 → 02:3211:480 min11:4748 min29 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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