Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1941

Thursday 1 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 248 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 Thursday 1 May

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:52  13:40 madhyāhna ends
12:0412:2812:5213:1613:4014:0414:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 2 May

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:51  13:39 madhyāhna ends
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27

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 07:19 on Thu 1 May to 08:44 on Fri 2 May.

    1941-04-30T22:18:53Z → 1941-05-01T23:43:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:52–13:40 on the 1st, 12:51–13:39 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 14864 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1941: Thursday 1 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1941 falls on Thursday 1 May. Pañcamī runs from 07:19 on Thu 1 May to 08:44 on Fri 2 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1941/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 1 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 1 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 1 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:19 → 15:4411:260 min11:2648 min1 May
Chicago17:19 → 18:4412:240 min12:2448 min1 May
Jersey City18:19 → 19:4412:300 min12:3048 min1 May
Port of Spain18:19 → 19:4411:390 min11:3948 min1 May
London23:19 → 00:4412:340 min12:3448 min1 May
Durban00:19 → 01:4411:290 min11:2948 min1 May
Dubai02:19 → 03:4411:520 min11:5248 min1 May
Delhi03:49 → 05:1411:550 min11:5448 min1 May
Kolkata03:49 → 05:1411:100 min11:1048 min1 May
Singapore05:39 → 07:0411:580 min11:5848 min1 May
Sydney08:19 → 09:4411:280 min11:2848 min1 May
Suva10:19 → 11:4411:390 min11:3948 min1 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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