Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2025

Wednesday 2 April

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 574 minutes.

Decide it for

UjjainDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 2 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 3 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

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 02:33 on Wed 2 Apr to 23:50 on Wed 2 Apr.

    2025-04-01T21:02:54Z → 2025-04-02T18:20:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 2nd, 12:06–12:54 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 34422 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Ujjain, 2025: Wednesday 2 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2025 falls on Wednesday 2 April. Pañcamī runs from 02:33 on Wed 2 Apr to 23:50 on Wed 2 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2025/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 2 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 2 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 2 Apr
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:03 → 11:2012:330 min12:330 min2 Apr
Chicago16:03 → 13:2012:310 min12:3048 min2 Apr
Jersey City17:03 → 14:2012:360 min12:3648 min2 Apr
Port of Spain17:03 → 14:2011:460 min11:4648 min2 Apr
London22:03 → 19:2012:410 min12:4148 min2 Apr
Durban23:03 → 20:2011:350 min11:3548 min2 Apr
Dubai01:03 → 22:2011:590 min11:5848 min2 Apr
Delhi02:33 → 23:5012:010 min12:0148 min2 Apr
Kolkata02:33 → 23:5011:170 min11:1648 min2 Apr
Singapore05:03 → 02:2012:440 min12:4448 min2 Apr
Sydney08:03 → 05:2012:350 min12:3548 min2 Apr
Suva09:03 → 06:2011:460 min11:4648 min2 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