Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) · 2004

Saturday 24 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 211 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Saturday 24 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 25 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 05:49 on Sat 24 Apr to 08:22 on Sun 25 Apr.

    2004-04-23T21:48:47Z → 2004-04-25T00:21:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 24th, 11:52–12:40 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 12655 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 2004: Saturday 24 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) 2004 falls on Saturday 24 April. Pañcamī runs from 05:49 on Sat 24 Apr to 08:22 on Sun 25 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2004/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:49 → 17:2212:270 min12:270 min24 Apr
Chicago16:49 → 19:2212:250 min12:250 min24 Apr
Jersey City17:49 → 20:2212:310 min12:310 min24 Apr
Port of Spain17:49 → 20:2211:400 min11:400 min24 Apr
London22:49 → 01:2212:350 min12:350 min24 Apr
Durban23:49 → 02:2211:300 min11:300 min24 Apr
Dubai01:49 → 04:2211:530 min11:530 min24 Apr
Delhi03:19 → 05:5211:560 min11:550 min24 Apr
Kolkata03:19 → 05:5211:110 min11:110 min24 Apr
Singapore05:49 → 08:2212:390 min12:390 min24 Apr
Sydney07:49 → 10:2211:290 min11:290 min24 Apr
Suva09:49 → 12:2211:410 min11:4041 min24 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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