Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1916

Sunday 7 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 454 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 Saturday 6 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 Sunday 7 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 20:13 on Sat 6 May to 22:47 on Sun 7 May.

    1916-05-06T12:12:38Z → 1916-05-07T14:46:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 6th, 11:51–12:39 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 27217 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1916: Sunday 7 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1916 falls on Sunday 7 May. Pañcamī runs from 20:13 on Sat 6 May to 22:47 on Sun 7 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1916/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:13 → 06:4711:2648 min11:260 min6 May
Chicago06:13 → 08:4711:2348 min11:230 min6 May
Jersey City07:13 → 09:4711:2948 min11:290 min6 May
Port of Spain08:13 → 10:4711:3948 min11:390 min6 May
London12:13 → 14:4711:349 min11:3348 min7 May
Durban14:13 → 16:4711:280 min11:2848 min7 May
Dubai15:54 → 18:2811:320 min11:3248 min7 May
Delhi17:43 → 20:1711:540 min11:5448 min7 May
Kolkata17:43 → 20:1711:090 min11:0948 min7 May
Singapore19:13 → 21:4711:370 min11:3748 min7 May
Sydney22:13 → 00:4711:280 min11:2748 min7 May
Suva00:13 → 02:4711:390 min11:3948 min7 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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