Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1903

Friday 1 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 13 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 1 May

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:04:29
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

35 of 48 minutes covered, the last 35

Midday of Saturday 2 May

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 12:04 on Fri 1 May to 09:25 on Sat 2 May.

    1903-05-01T04:04:30Z → 1903-05-02T01:25:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 1st, 11:52–12:40 on the 2nd.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 35 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 770 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1903: Friday 1 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1903 falls on Friday 1 May. Pañcamī runs from 12:04 on Fri 1 May to 09:25 on Sat 2 May and covers 35 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1903/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 1 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 1 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 1 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:04 → 17:2511:2648 min11:260 min1 May
Chicago22:04 → 19:2511:2448 min11:240 min1 May
Jersey City23:04 → 20:2511:3048 min11:300 min1 May
Port of Spain00:04 → 21:2511:3948 min11:390 min1 May
London04:04 → 01:2511:3448 min11:340 min1 May
Durban06:04 → 03:2511:2948 min11:290 min1 May
Dubai07:45 → 05:0611:3348 min11:330 min1 May
Delhi09:25 → 06:4611:4548 min11:450 min1 May
Kolkata09:25 → 06:4611:0148 min11:010 min1 May
Singapore10:59 → 08:2011:3348 min11:330 min1 May
Sydney14:04 → 11:2511:280 min11:280 min2 May
Suva15:59 → 13:2011:340 min11:3448 min2 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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