Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2026

Monday 23 March

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 341 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 Sunday 22 March

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:10  12:58 madhyāhna ends
11:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:2213:46

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 23 March

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:10  12:58 madhyāhna ends
11:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:2213:46

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 21:17 on Sun 22 Mar to 18:39 on Mon 23 Mar.

    2026-03-22T15:47:05Z → 2026-03-23T13:08:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:10–12:58 on the 22nd, 12:10–12:58 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 20471 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Ujjain, 2026: Monday 23 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2026 falls on Monday 23 March. Pañcamī runs from 21:17 on Sun 22 Mar to 18:39 on Mon 23 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2026/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 23 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 23 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 23 Mar
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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:47 → 06:0912:3648 min12:360 min22 Mar
Chicago10:47 → 08:0912:3448 min12:330 min22 Mar
Jersey City11:47 → 09:0912:3948 min12:390 min22 Mar
Port of Spain11:47 → 09:0911:4948 min11:490 min22 Mar
London15:47 → 13:0911:440 min11:4448 min23 Mar
Durban17:47 → 15:0911:390 min11:3848 min23 Mar
Dubai19:47 → 17:0912:020 min12:0248 min23 Mar
Delhi21:17 → 18:3912:040 min12:0448 min23 Mar
Kolkata21:17 → 18:3911:200 min11:1948 min23 Mar
Singapore23:47 → 21:0912:480 min12:4748 min23 Mar
Sydney02:47 → 00:0912:380 min12:3848 min23 Mar
Suva03:47 → 01:0911:490 min11:4948 min23 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