Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) · 1965

Wednesday 5 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 73 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 Wednesday 5 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 Thursday 6 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 10:38 on Wed 5 May to 08:07 on Thu 6 May.

    1965-05-05T02:38:06Z → 1965-05-06T00:06:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 5th, 11:51–12:39 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 4381 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1965: Wednesday 5 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) 1965 falls on Wednesday 5 May. Pañcamī runs from 10:38 on Wed 5 May to 08:07 on Thu 6 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1965/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 5 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 5 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 5 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:38 → 17:0712:2648 min12:260 min5 May
Chicago21:38 → 19:0712:2448 min12:230 min5 May
Jersey City22:38 → 20:0712:2948 min12:290 min5 May
Port of Spain22:38 → 20:0711:3948 min11:390 min5 May
London03:38 → 01:0712:3448 min12:340 min5 May
Durban04:38 → 02:0711:2848 min11:280 min5 May
Dubai06:38 → 04:0711:5248 min11:510 min5 May
Delhi08:08 → 05:3711:5448 min11:540 min5 May
Kolkata08:08 → 05:3711:0948 min11:090 min5 May
Singapore10:08 → 07:3712:0748 min12:070 min5 May
Sydney12:38 → 10:0711:280 min11:280 min6 May
Suva14:38 → 12:0711:390 min11:3928 min6 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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