Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1953

Sunday 17 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 134 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 Sunday 17 May

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 18 May

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 08:50 on Sun 17 May to 09:37 on Mon 18 May.

    1953-05-17T00:50:19Z → 1953-05-18T01:36:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 17th, 11:51–12:39 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 8023 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1953: Sunday 17 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1953 falls on Sunday 17 May. Pañcamī runs from 08:50 on Sun 17 May to 09:37 on Mon 18 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1953/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 17 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 17 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 17 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:50 → 18:3712:2548 min12:260 min17 May
Chicago19:50 → 20:3712:2348 min12:230 min17 May
Jersey City20:50 → 21:3712:2948 min12:290 min17 May
Port of Spain20:50 → 21:3711:3848 min11:380 min17 May
London01:50 → 02:3712:3348 min12:330 min17 May
Durban02:50 → 03:3711:2848 min11:280 min17 May
Dubai04:50 → 05:3711:5148 min11:510 min17 May
Delhi06:20 → 07:0711:5448 min11:540 min17 May
Kolkata06:20 → 07:0711:0948 min11:090 min17 May
Singapore08:20 → 09:0712:0748 min12:070 min17 May
Sydney10:50 → 11:3711:2748 min11:2710 min17 May
Suva12:50 → 13:3711:380 min11:3948 min18 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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