Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) · 2084

Tuesday 9 May

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

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 9 May

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 11:29:25
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 10 May

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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 11:29 on Tue 9 May to 14:07 on Wed 10 May.

    2084-05-09T03:29:26Z → 2084-05-10T06:07:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 9th, 11:51–12:39 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1306 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 2084: Tuesday 9 May.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) 2084 falls on Tuesday 9 May. Pañcamī runs from 11:29 on Tue 9 May to 14:07 on Wed 10 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2084/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 9 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 9 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:29 → 23:0712:2648 min12:260 min9 May
Chicago22:29 → 01:0712:2448 min12:240 min9 May
Jersey City23:29 → 02:0712:2948 min12:290 min9 May
Port of Spain23:29 → 02:0711:3948 min11:390 min9 May
London04:29 → 07:0712:3448 min12:340 min9 May
Durban05:29 → 08:0711:2848 min11:280 min9 May
Dubai07:29 → 10:0711:5248 min11:520 min9 May
Delhi08:59 → 11:3711:5448 min11:540 min9 May
Kolkata08:59 → 11:3711:0948 min11:0928 min9 May
Singapore11:29 → 14:0712:3748 min12:3748 min9 May
Sydney13:29 → 16:0711:280 min11:2848 min10 May
Suva15:29 → 18:0711:390 min11:3948 min10 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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