Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 2056

Friday 19 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 212 minutes.

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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 Friday 19 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 Saturday 20 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 07:27 on Fri 19 May to 08:19 on Sat 20 May.

    2056-05-18T23:26:42Z → 2056-05-20T00:19:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 19th, 11:51–12:39 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 12716 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 2056: Friday 19 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 2056 falls on Friday 19 May. Pañcamī runs from 07:27 on Fri 19 May to 08:19 on Sat 20 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2056/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 19 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 19 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:27 → 17:1912:260 min12:260 min19 May
Chicago18:27 → 19:1912:240 min12:240 min19 May
Jersey City19:27 → 20:1912:290 min12:290 min19 May
Port of Spain19:27 → 20:1911:390 min11:390 min19 May
London00:27 → 01:1912:340 min12:340 min19 May
Durban01:27 → 02:1911:280 min11:280 min19 May
Dubai03:27 → 04:1911:520 min11:520 min19 May
Delhi04:57 → 05:4911:540 min11:540 min19 May
Kolkata04:57 → 05:4911:090 min11:090 min19 May
Singapore07:27 → 08:1912:370 min12:370 min19 May
Sydney09:27 → 10:1911:280 min11:280 min19 May
Suva11:27 → 12:1911:390 min11:3940 min19 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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