Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1977

Saturday 23 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 308 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Saturday 23 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 24 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 04:24 on Sat 23 Apr to 06:45 on Sun 24 Apr.

    1977-04-22T20:23:53Z → 1977-04-23T22:44:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 23rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 18467 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1977: Saturday 23 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1977 falls on Saturday 23 April. Pañcamī runs from 04:24 on Sat 23 Apr to 06:45 on Sun 24 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1977/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 23 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 23 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:24 → 14:4511:280 min11:2748 min23 Apr
Chicago14:24 → 16:4511:250 min11:2548 min23 Apr
Jersey City15:24 → 17:4511:310 min11:3148 min23 Apr
Port of Spain16:24 → 18:4511:410 min11:4048 min23 Apr
London21:24 → 23:4512:360 min12:3548 min23 Apr
Durban22:24 → 00:4511:300 min11:3048 min23 Apr
Dubai00:24 → 02:4511:530 min11:5348 min23 Apr
Delhi01:54 → 04:1511:560 min11:5648 min23 Apr
Kolkata01:54 → 04:1511:110 min11:1148 min23 Apr
Singapore03:54 → 06:1512:090 min12:0948 min23 Apr
Sydney06:24 → 08:4511:300 min11:2948 min23 Apr
Suva08:24 → 10:4511:410 min11:4148 min23 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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