Midday of Thursday 4 May
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:51 12:39 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 11:12:00
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) · 1995
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 Thursday 4 May
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 5 May
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pañcamī runs from 11:12 on Thu 4 May to 13:35 on Fri 5 May.
1995-05-04T03:12:01Z → 1995-05-05T05:34:49Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 4th, 11:51–12:39 on the 5th.
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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.
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 2358 s
Ruling
Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1995: Thursday 4 May.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) 1995 falls on Thursday 4 May. Pañcamī runs from 11:12 on Thu 4 May to 13:35 on Fri 5 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 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 | Thu 4 May |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 4 May |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 5 May |
| 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 4th | Covered | Madhyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:12 → 22:35 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:26 | 0 min | 4 May |
| Chicago | 22:12 → 00:35 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 4 May |
| Jersey City | 23:12 → 01:35 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 4 May |
| Port of Spain | 23:12 → 01:35 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 4 May |
| London | 04:12 → 06:35 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:34 | 0 min | 4 May |
| Durban | 05:12 → 07:35 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 4 May |
| Dubai | 07:12 → 09:35 | 11:52 | 48 min | 11:52 | 0 min | 4 May |
| Delhi | 08:42 → 11:05 | 11:54 | 48 min | 11:54 | 0 min | 4 May |
| Kolkata | 08:42 → 11:05 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:09 | 0 min | 4 May |
| Singapore | 11:12 → 13:35 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:37 | 48 min | 4 May |
| Sydney | 13:12 → 15:35 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 5 May |
| Suva | 15:12 → 17:35 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 5 May |