Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) · 2003

Tuesday 6 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 289 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 Tuesday 6 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 Wednesday 7 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 05:35 on Tue 6 May to 07:02 on Wed 7 May.

    2003-05-05T21:35:05Z → 2003-05-06T23:02:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 6th, 11:51–12:39 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 17320 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 2003: Tuesday 6 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) 2003 falls on Tuesday 6 May. Pañcamī runs from 05:35 on Tue 6 May to 07:02 on Wed 7 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 6 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 6 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 6 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 Angeles14:35 → 16:0212:260 min12:2648 min6 May
Chicago16:35 → 18:0212:240 min12:2448 min6 May
Jersey City17:35 → 19:0212:290 min12:2948 min6 May
Port of Spain17:35 → 19:0211:390 min11:3948 min6 May
London22:35 → 00:0212:340 min12:3448 min6 May
Durban23:35 → 01:0211:280 min11:2848 min6 May
Dubai01:35 → 03:0211:520 min11:5248 min6 May
Delhi03:05 → 04:3211:540 min11:5448 min6 May
Kolkata03:05 → 04:3211:090 min11:0948 min6 May
Singapore05:35 → 07:0212:370 min12:3748 min6 May
Sydney07:35 → 09:0211:280 min11:2848 min6 May
Suva09:35 → 11:0211:390 min11:3948 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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