Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1942

Monday 20 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 189 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Monday 20 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:54  13:42 madhyāhna ends
12:0612:3012:5413:1813:4214:0614:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 21 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:53  13:41 madhyāhna ends
12:0512:2912:5313:1713:4114:0514:29

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 07:16 on Mon 20 Apr to 09:45 on Tue 21 Apr.

    1942-04-19T22:16:29Z → 1942-04-21T00:44:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:54–13:42 on the 20th, 12:53–13:41 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 11325 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1942: Monday 20 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1942 falls on Monday 20 April. Pañcamī runs from 07:16 on Mon 20 Apr to 09:45 on Tue 21 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1942/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 20 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 20 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:16 → 17:4512:280 min12:280 min20 Apr
Chicago17:16 → 19:4512:260 min12:260 min20 Apr
Jersey City18:16 → 20:4512:320 min12:310 min20 Apr
Port of Spain18:16 → 20:4511:410 min11:410 min20 Apr
London00:16 → 02:4513:360 min13:360 min20 Apr
Durban00:16 → 02:4511:310 min11:300 min20 Apr
Dubai02:16 → 04:4511:540 min11:540 min20 Apr
Delhi04:46 → 07:1512:570 min12:560 min20 Apr
Kolkata04:46 → 07:1512:120 min12:120 min20 Apr
Singapore07:16 → 09:4513:400 min13:390 min20 Apr
Sydney08:16 → 10:4511:300 min11:300 min20 Apr
Suva10:16 → 12:4511:420 min11:4148 min20 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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