Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1938

Wednesday 4 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 599 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 Wednesday 4 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 Thursday 5 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 01:53 on Wed 4 May to 23:05 on Wed 4 May.

    1938-05-03T17:52:34Z → 1938-05-04T15:05:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 4th, 11:51–12:39 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 35921 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1938: Wednesday 4 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1938 falls on Wednesday 4 May. Pañcamī runs from 01:53 on Wed 4 May to 23:05 on Wed 4 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1938/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 4 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 4 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 Angeles09:53 → 07:0511:2648 min11:260 min3 May
Chicago12:53 → 10:0512:2419 min12:240 min3 May
Jersey City13:53 → 11:0512:290 min12:290 min4 May
Port of Spain13:53 → 11:0511:390 min11:390 min4 May
London18:53 → 16:0512:340 min12:3448 min4 May
Durban19:53 → 17:0511:290 min11:2848 min4 May
Dubai21:53 → 19:0511:520 min11:5248 min4 May
Delhi23:23 → 20:3511:540 min11:5448 min4 May
Kolkata23:23 → 20:3511:100 min11:0948 min4 May
Singapore01:13 → 22:2511:580 min11:5748 min4 May
Sydney03:53 → 01:0511:280 min11:2848 min4 May
Suva05:53 → 03:0511:390 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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