Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) · 2073

Friday 12 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 286 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 11 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

Midday of Friday 12 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 17:35 on Thu 11 May to 17:25 on Fri 12 May.

    2073-05-11T09:35:29Z → 2073-05-12T09:24:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 17158 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 2073: Friday 12 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) 2073 falls on Friday 12 May. Pañcamī runs from 17:35 on Thu 11 May to 17:25 on Fri 12 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2073/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 12 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 12 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:35 → 02:2512:2648 min12:260 min11 May
Chicago04:35 → 04:2512:2448 min12:230 min11 May
Jersey City05:35 → 05:2512:2948 min12:290 min11 May
Port of Spain05:35 → 05:2511:3948 min11:390 min11 May
London10:35 → 10:2512:3448 min12:340 min11 May
Durban11:35 → 11:2511:2841 min11:280 min11 May
Dubai13:35 → 13:2511:520 min11:5148 min12 May
Delhi15:05 → 14:5511:540 min11:5448 min12 May
Kolkata15:05 → 14:5511:090 min11:0948 min12 May
Singapore17:35 → 17:2512:370 min12:3748 min12 May
Sydney19:35 → 19:2511:280 min11:2848 min12 May
Suva21:35 → 21:2511:390 min11:3948 min12 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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