Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1943

Sunday 9 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 523 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 Saturday 8 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

Midday of Sunday 9 May

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

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

48 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 22:22 on Sat 8 May to 00:35 on Mon 10 May.

    1943-05-08T13:21:36Z → 1943-05-09T15:34:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:51–13:39 on the 8th, 12:51–13:39 on the 9th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 31361 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1943: Sunday 9 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1943 falls on Sunday 9 May. Pañcamī runs from 22:22 on Sat 8 May to 00:35 on Mon 10 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1943/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 9 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 9 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:22 → 08:3512:2648 min12:260 min8 May
Chicago08:22 → 10:3512:2348 min12:230 min8 May
Jersey City09:22 → 11:3512:2948 min12:290 min8 May
Port of Spain10:22 → 12:3512:3948 min12:390 min8 May
London15:22 → 17:3513:330 min13:3348 min9 May
Durban15:22 → 17:3511:280 min11:2848 min9 May
Dubai17:22 → 19:3511:510 min11:5148 min9 May
Delhi19:52 → 22:0512:540 min12:5448 min9 May
Kolkata19:52 → 22:0512:090 min12:0948 min9 May
Singapore22:22 → 00:3513:370 min13:3748 min9 May
Sydney23:22 → 01:3511:270 min11:2748 min9 May
Suva01:22 → 03:3511:390 min11:3948 min9 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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