Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1949

Tuesday 3 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 448 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 Monday 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

Midday of Tuesday 3 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 21:16 on Mon 2 May to 21:07 on Tue 3 May.

    1949-05-02T12:15:54Z → 1949-05-03T12:07:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:51–13:39 on the 2nd, 12:51–13:39 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 26871 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1949: Tuesday 3 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1949 falls on Tuesday 3 May. Pañcamī runs from 21:16 on Mon 2 May to 21:07 on Tue 3 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 3 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 3 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:16 → 04:0711:2648 min11:260 min2 May
Chicago07:16 → 07:0712:2448 min12:240 min2 May
Jersey City08:16 → 08:0712:3048 min12:290 min2 May
Port of Spain08:16 → 08:0711:3948 min11:390 min2 May
London13:16 → 13:0712:346 min12:3433 min3 May
Durban14:16 → 14:0711:290 min11:2948 min3 May
Dubai16:16 → 16:0711:520 min11:5248 min3 May
Delhi17:46 → 17:3711:540 min11:5448 min3 May
Kolkata17:46 → 17:3711:100 min11:1048 min3 May
Singapore19:46 → 19:3712:080 min12:0748 min3 May
Sydney22:16 → 22:0711:280 min11:2848 min3 May
Suva00:16 → 00:0711:390 min11:3948 min3 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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