Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) · 1996

Monday 22 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 61 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Monday 22 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 Tuesday 23 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 09:00 on Mon 22 Apr to 10:52 on Tue 23 Apr.

    1996-04-22T01:00:23Z → 1996-04-23T02:52:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 22nd, 11:53–12:41 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 3642 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 1996: Monday 22 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) 1996 falls on Monday 22 April. Pañcamī runs from 09:00 on Mon 22 Apr to 10:52 on Tue 23 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 22 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 22 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 22 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 Angeles18:00 → 19:5212:2848 min12:270 min22 Apr
Chicago20:00 → 21:5212:2548 min12:250 min22 Apr
Jersey City21:00 → 22:5212:3148 min12:310 min22 Apr
Port of Spain21:00 → 22:5211:4148 min11:400 min22 Apr
London02:00 → 03:5212:3648 min12:350 min22 Apr
Durban03:00 → 04:5211:3048 min11:300 min22 Apr
Dubai05:00 → 06:5211:5348 min11:530 min22 Apr
Delhi06:30 → 08:2211:5648 min11:560 min22 Apr
Kolkata06:30 → 08:2211:1148 min11:110 min22 Apr
Singapore09:00 → 10:5212:3948 min12:390 min22 Apr
Sydney11:00 → 12:5211:2948 min11:2948 min22 Apr
Suva13:00 → 14:5211:410 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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