Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1915

Wednesday 19 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 493 minutes.

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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 18 May

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 19 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 20:52 on Tue 18 May to 22:41 on Wed 19 May.

    1915-05-18T12:51:45Z → 1915-05-19T14:41:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 18th, 11:51–12:39 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 29585 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1915: Wednesday 19 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1915 falls on Wednesday 19 May. Pañcamī runs from 20:52 on Tue 18 May to 22:41 on Wed 19 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1915/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 19 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 19 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:52 → 06:4111:2548 min11:250 min18 May
Chicago06:52 → 08:4111:2348 min11:230 min18 May
Jersey City07:52 → 09:4111:2948 min11:290 min18 May
Port of Spain08:52 → 10:4111:3848 min11:380 min18 May
London12:52 → 14:4111:330 min11:3348 min19 May
Durban14:52 → 16:4111:280 min11:2848 min19 May
Dubai16:33 → 18:2211:320 min11:3248 min19 May
Delhi18:22 → 20:1111:530 min11:5448 min19 May
Kolkata18:22 → 20:1111:090 min11:0948 min19 May
Singapore19:52 → 21:4111:370 min11:3748 min19 May
Sydney22:52 → 00:4111:270 min11:2748 min19 May
Suva00:47 → 02:3611:330 min11:3348 min19 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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