Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1919

Sunday 4 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 557 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 3 May

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:51  13:39 madhyāhna ends
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 4 May

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:51  13:39 madhyāhna ends
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27

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 01:07 on Sun 4 May to 22:56 on Sun 4 May.

    1919-05-03T16:06:52Z → 1919-05-04T13:56:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:51–13:39 on the 3rd, 12:51–13:39 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 33410 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1919: Sunday 4 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1919 falls on Sunday 4 May. Pañcamī runs from 01:07 on Sun 4 May to 22:56 on Sun 4 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1919/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:07 → 06:5612:2648 min12:260 min3 May
Chicago11:07 → 08:5612:2448 min12:240 min3 May
Jersey City12:07 → 09:5612:3048 min12:290 min3 May
Port of Spain12:07 → 09:5611:3920 min11:390 min3 May
London17:07 → 14:5612:340 min12:3448 min4 May
Durban18:07 → 15:5611:290 min11:2848 min4 May
Dubai19:48 → 17:3711:330 min11:3348 min4 May
Delhi21:37 → 19:2611:540 min11:5448 min4 May
Kolkata21:37 → 19:2611:100 min11:0948 min4 May
Singapore23:07 → 20:5611:380 min11:3748 min4 May
Sydney02:07 → 23:5611:280 min11:2848 min4 May
Suva04:07 → 01:5611:390 min11:3948 min4 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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