Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1911

Wednesday 3 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 103 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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 3 May

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 17:14 on Tue 2 May to 14:22 on Wed 3 May.

    1911-05-02T09:13:35Z → 1911-05-03T06:22:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 2nd, 11:51–12:39 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 48 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: unstated → only-day · margin 6158 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1911: Wednesday 3 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1911 falls on Wednesday 3 May. Pañcamī runs from 17:14 on Tue 2 May to 14:22 on Wed 3 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1911/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 3 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 3 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 Angeles01:14 → 22:2211:2648 min11:260 min2 May
Chicago03:14 → 00:2211:2448 min11:240 min2 May
Jersey City04:14 → 01:2211:3048 min11:300 min2 May
Port of Spain05:14 → 02:2211:3948 min11:390 min2 May
London09:14 → 06:2211:3448 min11:340 min2 May
Durban11:14 → 08:2211:2948 min11:290 min2 May
Dubai12:55 → 10:0311:330 min11:330 min3 May
Delhi14:44 → 11:5211:540 min11:540 min3 May
Kolkata14:44 → 11:5211:100 min11:1042 min3 May
Singapore16:14 → 13:2211:380 min11:3848 min3 May
Sydney19:14 → 16:2211:280 min11:2848 min3 May
Suva21:09 → 18:1711:340 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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