Midday of Saturday 29 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:52 12:40 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 11:37:17
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1933
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 29 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 30 April
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pañcamī runs from 11:37 on Sat 29 Apr to 14:02 on Sun 30 Apr.
1933-04-29T03:37:18Z → 1933-04-30T06:02:29Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 29th, 11:52–12:40 on the 30th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 873 s
Ruling
Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1933: Saturday 29 April.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1933 falls on Saturday 29 April. Pañcamī runs from 11:37 on Sat 29 Apr to 14:02 on Sun 30 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 29 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 29 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 30 Apr |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/shankara-jayanti · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 5 Sankara jayanti.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pañcamī | Madhyāhna 29th | Covered | Madhyāhna 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:37 → 22:02 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 29 Apr |
| Chicago | 21:37 → 00:02 | 11:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 29 Apr |
| Jersey City | 22:37 → 01:02 | 11:30 | 48 min | 12:30 | 0 min | 29 Apr |
| Port of Spain | 23:37 → 02:02 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 29 Apr |
| London | 04:37 → 07:02 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:34 | 0 min | 29 Apr |
| Durban | 05:37 → 08:02 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 29 Apr |
| Dubai | 07:37 → 10:02 | 11:52 | 48 min | 11:52 | 0 min | 29 Apr |
| Delhi | 09:07 → 11:32 | 11:55 | 48 min | 11:54 | 0 min | 29 Apr |
| Kolkata | 09:07 → 11:32 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 23 min | 29 Apr |
| Singapore | 10:57 → 13:22 | 11:58 | 48 min | 11:58 | 48 min | 29 Apr |
| Sydney | 13:37 → 16:02 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 30 Apr |
| Suva | 15:37 → 18:02 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 30 Apr |