Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) · 2074

Tuesday 1 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 571 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Tuesday 1 May

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 2 May

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 00:23 on Tue 1 May to 02:21 on Wed 2 May.

    2074-04-30T16:22:59Z → 2074-05-01T18:20:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 1st, 11:52–12:40 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 34245 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 2074: Tuesday 1 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) 2074 falls on Tuesday 1 May. Pañcamī runs from 00:23 on Tue 1 May to 02:21 on Wed 2 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2074/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 1 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 1 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 1 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:23 → 11:2112:2748 min12:260 min30 Apr
Chicago11:23 → 13:2112:2448 min12:2448 min30 Apr
Jersey City12:23 → 14:2112:3048 min12:3048 min30 Apr
Port of Spain12:23 → 14:2111:405 min11:3948 min1 May
London17:23 → 19:2112:340 min12:3448 min1 May
Durban18:23 → 20:2111:290 min11:2948 min1 May
Dubai20:23 → 22:2111:520 min11:5248 min1 May
Delhi21:53 → 23:5111:550 min11:5548 min1 May
Kolkata21:53 → 23:5111:100 min11:1048 min1 May
Singapore00:23 → 02:2112:380 min12:3848 min1 May
Sydney02:23 → 04:2111:280 min11:2848 min1 May
Suva04:23 → 06:2111:400 min11:4048 min1 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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