Midday of Thursday 5 May
Qualifies with 8 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:51 12:39 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:31:24
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27
8 of 48 minutes covered, the last 8
Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) · 2022
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 5 May
Qualifies with 8 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
8 of 48 minutes covered, the last 8
Midday of Friday 6 May
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pañcamī runs from 12:31 on Thu 5 May to 15:03 on Fri 6 May.
2022-05-05T04:31:24Z → 2022-05-06T07:03:11Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 5th, 11:51–12:39 on the 6th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 8 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.
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 468 s
Ruling
Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 2022: Friday 6 May.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) 2022 falls on Friday 6 May. Pañcamī runs from 12:31 on Thu 5 May to 15:03 on Fri 6 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 8 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 | Fri 6 May |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 6 May |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 6 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 5th | Covered | Madhyāhna 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:31 → 00:03 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:26 | 0 min | 5 May |
| Chicago | 23:31 → 02:03 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 5 May |
| Jersey City | 00:31 → 03:03 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 5 May |
| Port of Spain | 00:31 → 03:03 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 5 May |
| London | 05:31 → 08:03 | 12:34 | 48 min | 12:34 | 0 min | 5 May |
| Durban | 06:31 → 09:03 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 5 May |
| Dubai | 08:31 → 11:03 | 11:52 | 48 min | 11:52 | 0 min | 5 May |
| Delhi | 10:01 → 12:33 | 11:54 | 48 min | 11:54 | 39 min | 5 May |
| Kolkata | 10:01 → 12:33 | 11:09 | 48 min | 11:09 | 48 min | 5 May |
| Singapore | 12:31 → 15:03 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:37 | 48 min | 5 May |
| Sydney | 14:31 → 17:03 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 6 May |
| Suva | 16:31 → 19:03 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 6 May |