Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 2042

Thursday 24 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 561 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 Wednesday 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

Midday of Thursday 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

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 23:17 on Wed 23 Apr to 22:02 on Thu 24 Apr.

    2042-04-23T15:17:15Z → 2042-04-24T14:01:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 23rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 24th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 33653 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 2042: Thursday 24 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 2042 falls on Thursday 24 April. Pañcamī runs from 23:17 on Wed 23 Apr to 22:02 on Thu 24 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2042/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 24 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 24 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 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 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:17 → 07:0212:2848 min12:270 min23 Apr
Chicago10:17 → 09:0212:2548 min12:250 min23 Apr
Jersey City11:17 → 10:0212:3148 min12:310 min23 Apr
Port of Spain11:17 → 10:0211:4048 min11:400 min23 Apr
London16:17 → 15:0212:350 min12:3548 min24 Apr
Durban17:17 → 16:0211:300 min11:3048 min24 Apr
Dubai19:17 → 18:0211:530 min11:5348 min24 Apr
Delhi20:47 → 19:3211:560 min11:5548 min24 Apr
Kolkata20:47 → 19:3211:110 min11:1148 min24 Apr
Singapore23:17 → 22:0212:390 min12:3948 min24 Apr
Sydney01:17 → 00:0211:290 min11:2948 min24 Apr
Suva03:17 → 02:0211:410 min11:4048 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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