Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1918

Wednesday 15 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 45 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 14 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 15 May

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 13:23:54
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 13:31 on Tue 14 May to 13:24 on Wed 15 May.

    1918-05-14T05:31:14Z → 1918-05-15T05:23:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 14th, 11:51–12:39 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 2718 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1918: Wednesday 15 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1918 falls on Wednesday 15 May. Pañcamī runs from 13:31 on Tue 14 May to 13:24 on Wed 15 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1918/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:31 → 22:2412:2548 min12:250 min14 May
Chicago00:31 → 00:2412:2348 min12:230 min14 May
Jersey City01:31 → 01:2412:2948 min12:290 min14 May
Port of Spain01:31 → 01:2411:3848 min11:380 min14 May
London06:31 → 06:2412:3348 min12:330 min14 May
Durban07:31 → 07:2411:2848 min11:280 min14 May
Dubai09:12 → 09:0511:3248 min11:320 min14 May
Delhi11:01 → 10:5411:5348 min11:530 min14 May
Kolkata11:01 → 10:5411:0948 min11:090 min14 May
Singapore12:31 → 12:2411:370 min11:3747 min15 May
Sydney15:31 → 15:2411:270 min11:2748 min15 May
Suva17:31 → 17:2411:380 min11:3848 min15 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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