Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1944

Thursday 27 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 566 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 Wednesday 26 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 27 April

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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 23:06 on Wed 26 Apr to 23:18 on Thu 27 Apr.

    1944-04-26T14:05:50Z → 1944-04-27T14:18:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:52–13:40 on the 26th, 12:52–13:40 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 33933 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1944: Thursday 27 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1944 falls on Thursday 27 April. Pañcamī runs from 23:06 on Wed 26 Apr to 23:18 on Thu 27 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 27 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 27 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:06 → 07:1812:2748 min12:270 min26 Apr
Chicago09:06 → 09:1812:2548 min12:250 min26 Apr
Jersey City10:06 → 10:1812:3048 min12:300 min26 Apr
Port of Spain11:06 → 11:1812:4048 min12:400 min26 Apr
London16:06 → 16:1813:350 min13:3548 min27 Apr
Durban16:06 → 16:1811:290 min11:2948 min27 Apr
Dubai18:06 → 18:1811:530 min11:5348 min27 Apr
Delhi20:36 → 20:4812:550 min12:5548 min27 Apr
Kolkata20:36 → 20:4812:110 min12:1048 min27 Apr
Singapore23:06 → 23:1813:380 min13:3848 min27 Apr
Sydney00:06 → 00:1811:290 min11:2948 min27 Apr
Suva02:06 → 02:1811:400 min11:4048 min27 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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