Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) · 2053

Wednesday 23 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 13 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 22 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 Wednesday 23 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī ends 12:54:04
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 15:43 on Tue 22 Apr to 12:54 on Wed 23 Apr.

    2053-04-22T07:42:54Z → 2053-04-23T04:54:05Z

  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 0 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 48 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 794 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 2053: Wednesday 23 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) 2053 falls on Wednesday 23 April. Pañcamī runs from 15:43 on Tue 22 Apr to 12:54 on Wed 23 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2053/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 23 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 23 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 23 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 Angeles00:43 → 21:5412:2848 min12:280 min22 Apr
Chicago02:43 → 23:5412:2548 min12:250 min22 Apr
Jersey City03:43 → 00:5412:3148 min12:310 min22 Apr
Port of Spain03:43 → 00:5411:4148 min11:400 min22 Apr
London08:43 → 05:5412:3648 min12:350 min22 Apr
Durban09:43 → 06:5411:3048 min11:300 min22 Apr
Dubai11:43 → 08:5411:5348 min11:530 min22 Apr
Delhi13:13 → 10:2411:560 min11:560 min23 Apr
Kolkata13:13 → 10:2411:110 min11:110 min23 Apr
Singapore15:43 → 12:5412:390 min12:3915 min23 Apr
Sydney17:43 → 14:5411:300 min11:2948 min23 Apr
Suva19:43 → 16:5411:410 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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