Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1935

Tuesday 7 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 535 minutes.

Decide it for

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 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

Midday of Wednesday 8 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 02:00 on Tue 7 May to 02:56 on Wed 8 May.

    1935-05-06T18:00:00Z → 1935-05-07T18:55:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 7th, 11:51–12:39 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 32107 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1935: Tuesday 7 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1935 falls on Tuesday 7 May. Pañcamī runs from 02:00 on Tue 7 May to 02:56 on Wed 8 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1935/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 7 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 7 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles10:00 → 10:5611:2648 min11:260 min6 May
Chicago13:00 → 13:5612:2412 min12:2348 min7 May
Jersey City14:00 → 14:5612:290 min12:2948 min7 May
Port of Spain14:00 → 14:5611:390 min11:3948 min7 May
London19:00 → 19:5612:340 min12:3448 min7 May
Durban20:00 → 20:5611:280 min11:2848 min7 May
Dubai22:00 → 22:5611:520 min11:5148 min7 May
Delhi23:30 → 00:2611:540 min11:5448 min7 May
Kolkata23:30 → 00:2611:090 min11:0948 min7 May
Singapore01:20 → 02:1611:570 min11:5748 min7 May
Sydney04:00 → 04:5611:280 min11:2848 min7 May
Suva06:00 → 06:5611:390 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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