Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2027

Sunday 11 April

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 528 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Saturday 10 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 11 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

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 23:40 on Sat 10 Apr to 21:40 on Sun 11 Apr.

    2027-04-10T18:10:26Z → 2027-04-11T16:10:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:04–12:52 on the 10th, 12:04–12:52 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 48 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 31668 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Ujjain, 2027: Sunday 11 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2027 falls on Sunday 11 April. Pañcamī runs from 23:40 on Sat 10 Apr to 21:40 on Sun 11 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2027/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 11 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 11 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:10 → 09:1012:3148 min12:300 min10 Apr
Chicago13:10 → 11:1012:286 min12:280 min10 Apr
Jersey City14:10 → 12:1012:340 min12:340 min11 Apr
Port of Spain14:10 → 12:1011:430 min11:4327 min11 Apr
London19:10 → 17:1012:380 min12:3848 min11 Apr
Durban20:10 → 18:1011:330 min11:3348 min11 Apr
Dubai22:10 → 20:1011:560 min11:5648 min11 Apr
Delhi23:40 → 21:4011:590 min11:5848 min11 Apr
Kolkata23:40 → 21:4011:140 min11:1448 min11 Apr
Singapore02:10 → 00:1012:420 min12:4248 min11 Apr
Sydney04:10 → 02:1011:320 min11:3248 min11 Apr
Suva06:10 → 04:1011:440 min11:4348 min11 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