Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1945

Wednesday 16 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 264 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 Tuesday 15 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 Wednesday 16 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 18:57 on Tue 15 May to 18:02 on Wed 16 May.

    1945-05-15T09:57:19Z → 1945-05-16T09:02:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:51–13:39 on the 15th, 12:51–13:39 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 15826 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1945: Wednesday 16 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1945 falls on Wednesday 16 May. Pañcamī runs from 18:57 on Tue 15 May to 18:02 on Wed 16 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1945/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 16 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 16 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:57 → 02:0212:2548 min12:250 min15 May
Chicago04:57 → 04:0212:2348 min12:230 min15 May
Jersey City05:57 → 05:0212:2948 min12:290 min15 May
Port of Spain06:57 → 06:0212:3848 min12:380 min15 May
London11:57 → 11:0213:3348 min13:330 min15 May
Durban11:57 → 11:0211:2819 min11:280 min15 May
Dubai13:57 → 13:0211:510 min11:5148 min16 May
Delhi16:27 → 15:3212:530 min12:5348 min16 May
Kolkata16:27 → 15:3212:090 min12:0948 min16 May
Singapore18:57 → 18:0213:370 min13:3748 min16 May
Sydney19:57 → 19:0211:270 min11:2748 min16 May
Suva21:57 → 21:0211:380 min11:3848 min16 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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