Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1974

Friday 26 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 34 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 Friday 26 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 11:18:37
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 27 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 11:19 on Fri 26 Apr to 09:09 on Sat 27 Apr.

    1974-04-26T03:18:37Z → 1974-04-27T01:08:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 26th, 11:52–12:40 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 2024 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1974: Friday 26 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1974 falls on Friday 26 April. Pañcamī runs from 11:19 on Fri 26 Apr to 09:09 on Sat 27 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1974/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 Apr
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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:19 → 18:0912:2748 min12:270 min26 Apr
Chicago22:19 → 20:0912:2548 min12:250 min26 Apr
Jersey City23:19 → 21:0912:3048 min12:300 min26 Apr
Port of Spain23:19 → 21:0911:4048 min11:400 min26 Apr
London04:19 → 02:0912:3548 min12:350 min26 Apr
Durban05:19 → 03:0911:3048 min11:290 min26 Apr
Dubai07:19 → 05:0911:5348 min11:530 min26 Apr
Delhi08:49 → 06:3911:5548 min11:550 min26 Apr
Kolkata08:49 → 06:3911:1148 min11:100 min26 Apr
Singapore10:49 → 08:3912:0848 min12:080 min26 Apr
Sydney13:19 → 11:0911:290 min11:290 min27 Apr
Suva15:19 → 13:0911:400 min11:4048 min27 Apr
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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