Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) · 2079

Friday 5 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 396 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 5 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 6 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 05:15 on Fri 5 May to 02:25 on Sat 6 May.

    2079-05-04T21:15:14Z → 2079-05-05T18:24:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 5th, 11:51–12:39 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 23773 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 2079: Friday 5 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) 2079 falls on Friday 5 May. Pañcamī runs from 05:15 on Fri 5 May to 02:25 on Sat 6 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2079/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 5 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 5 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:15 → 11:2512:260 min12:260 min5 May
Chicago16:15 → 13:2512:240 min12:2448 min5 May
Jersey City17:15 → 14:2512:300 min12:3048 min5 May
Port of Spain17:15 → 14:2511:390 min11:3948 min5 May
London22:15 → 19:2512:340 min12:3448 min5 May
Durban23:15 → 20:2511:290 min11:2948 min5 May
Dubai01:15 → 22:2511:520 min11:5248 min5 May
Delhi02:45 → 23:5511:540 min11:5448 min5 May
Kolkata02:45 → 23:5511:100 min11:1048 min5 May
Singapore05:15 → 02:2512:380 min12:3848 min5 May
Sydney07:15 → 04:2511:280 min11:2848 min5 May
Suva09:15 → 06:2511:390 min11:3948 min5 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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