Midday of Wednesday 19 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:54 12:42 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 11:26:24
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1961
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 19 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 20 April
Qualifies with 40 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
40 of 48 minutes covered, the first 40
Aṅga
Pañcamī runs from 11:26 on Wed 19 Apr to 12:34 on Thu 20 Apr.
1961-04-19T03:26:24Z → 1961-04-20T04:33:47Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 19th, 11:53–12:41 on the 20th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 40 of 48 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 462 s
Ruling
Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1961: Wednesday 19 April.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1961 falls on Wednesday 19 April. Pañcamī runs from 11:26 on Wed 19 Apr to 12:34 on Thu 20 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 40 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 19 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 19 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 19 Apr |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/shankara-jayanti · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 5 Sankara jayanti.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pañcamī | Madhyāhna 19th | Covered | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:26 → 20:34 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 19 Apr |
| Chicago | 21:26 → 22:34 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 19 Apr |
| Jersey City | 22:26 → 23:34 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:32 | 0 min | 19 Apr |
| Port of Spain | 23:26 → 00:34 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 19 Apr |
| London | 04:26 → 05:34 | 12:36 | 48 min | 12:36 | 0 min | 19 Apr |
| Durban | 05:26 → 06:34 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 19 Apr |
| Dubai | 07:26 → 08:34 | 11:54 | 48 min | 11:54 | 0 min | 19 Apr |
| Delhi | 08:56 → 10:04 | 11:56 | 48 min | 11:56 | 0 min | 19 Apr |
| Kolkata | 08:56 → 10:04 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 19 Apr |
| Singapore | 10:56 → 12:04 | 12:10 | 48 min | 12:10 | 0 min | 19 Apr |
| Sydney | 13:26 → 14:34 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 20 Apr |
| Suva | 15:26 → 16:34 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 20 Apr |