Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1900

Thursday 3 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 321 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 3 May

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 4 May

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 06:33 on Thu 3 May to 06:35 on Fri 4 May.

    1900-05-02T22:27:57Z → 1900-05-03T22:29:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 3rd, 11:56–12:44 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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: unstated → only-day · margin 19285 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1900: Thursday 3 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1900 falls on Thursday 3 May. Pañcamī runs from 06:33 on Thu 3 May to 06:35 on Fri 4 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1900/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 3 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 3 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 3 May
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/shankara-jayanti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pañcamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 5 Sankara jayanti.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePañcamīMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:28 → 14:3011:260 min11:2648 min3 May
Chicago16:28 → 16:3011:240 min11:2448 min3 May
Jersey City17:28 → 17:3011:300 min11:2948 min3 May
Port of Spain18:28 → 18:3011:390 min11:3948 min3 May
London22:28 → 22:3011:340 min11:3448 min3 May
Durban23:58 → 00:0010:590 min10:5948 min3 May
Dubai02:09 → 02:1111:330 min11:3348 min3 May
Delhi03:49 → 03:5111:450 min11:4548 min3 May
Kolkata03:49 → 03:5111:010 min11:0148 min3 May
Singapore05:23 → 05:2511:330 min11:3248 min3 May
Sydney08:28 → 08:3011:280 min11:2848 min3 May
Suva10:23 → 10:2511:340 min11:3448 min3 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
shankara-jayanti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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