Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1926

Sunday 16 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 227 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 Sunday 16 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

Midday of Monday 17 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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 06:30 on Sun 16 May to 08:04 on Mon 17 May.

    1926-05-15T22:29:55Z → 1926-05-17T00:03:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 16th, 11:51–12:39 on the 17th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 13603 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1926: Sunday 16 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1926 falls on Sunday 16 May. Pañcamī runs from 06:30 on Sun 16 May to 08:04 on Mon 17 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1926/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 16 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 16 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:30 → 16:0411:250 min11:250 min16 May
Chicago17:30 → 19:0412:230 min12:230 min16 May
Jersey City18:30 → 20:0412:290 min12:290 min16 May
Port of Spain18:30 → 20:0411:380 min11:380 min16 May
London23:30 → 01:0412:330 min12:330 min16 May
Durban00:30 → 02:0411:280 min11:280 min16 May
Dubai02:30 → 04:0411:510 min11:510 min16 May
Delhi04:00 → 05:3411:530 min11:530 min16 May
Kolkata04:00 → 05:3411:090 min11:090 min16 May
Singapore05:30 → 07:0411:370 min11:370 min16 May
Sydney08:30 → 10:0411:270 min11:270 min16 May
Suva10:30 → 12:0411:380 min11:3825 min16 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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