Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1936

Saturday 25 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 198 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 25 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 26 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 08:34 on Sat 25 Apr to 07:11 on Sun 26 Apr.

    1936-04-25T00:34:10Z → 1936-04-25T23:10:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 25th, 11:52–12:40 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 11899 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1936: Saturday 25 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1936 falls on Saturday 25 April. Pañcamī runs from 08:34 on Sat 25 Apr to 07:11 on Sun 26 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1936/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 25 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 25 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 25 Apr
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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:34 → 15:1111:2748 min11:270 min25 Apr
Chicago19:34 → 18:1112:2548 min12:250 min25 Apr
Jersey City19:34 → 18:1111:3148 min12:300 min25 Apr
Port of Spain20:34 → 19:1111:4048 min11:400 min25 Apr
London01:34 → 00:1112:3548 min12:350 min25 Apr
Durban02:34 → 01:1111:3048 min11:290 min25 Apr
Dubai04:34 → 03:1111:5348 min11:530 min25 Apr
Delhi06:04 → 04:4111:5548 min11:550 min25 Apr
Kolkata06:04 → 04:4111:1148 min11:110 min25 Apr
Singapore07:54 → 06:3111:5948 min11:580 min25 Apr
Sydney10:34 → 09:1111:2948 min11:290 min25 Apr
Suva12:34 → 11:1111:400 min11:400 min26 Apr
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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