Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 2059

Friday 16 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 612 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 16 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 17 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 00:41 on Fri 16 May to 01:39 on Sat 17 May.

    2059-05-15T16:40:56Z → 2059-05-16T17:39:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 16th, 11:51–12:39 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 36693 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 2059: Friday 16 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī 2059 falls on Friday 16 May. Pañcamī runs from 00:41 on Fri 16 May to 01:39 on Sat 17 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2059/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 16 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 16 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:41 → 10:3912:2648 min12:260 min15 May
Chicago11:41 → 12:3912:2348 min12:2316 min15 May
Jersey City12:41 → 13:3912:2936 min12:2948 min16 May
Port of Spain12:41 → 13:3911:390 min11:3948 min16 May
London17:41 → 18:3912:340 min12:3448 min16 May
Durban18:41 → 19:3911:280 min11:2848 min16 May
Dubai20:41 → 21:3911:510 min11:5148 min16 May
Delhi22:11 → 23:0911:540 min11:5448 min16 May
Kolkata22:11 → 23:0911:090 min11:0948 min16 May
Singapore00:41 → 01:3912:370 min12:3748 min16 May
Sydney02:41 → 03:3911:280 min11:2848 min16 May
Suva04:41 → 05:3911:390 min11:3948 min16 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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