Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) · 2096

Thursday 26 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 26 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 12:07:50
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

33 of 48 minutes covered, the last 33

Midday of Friday 27 April

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 12:08 on Thu 26 Apr to 09:47 on Fri 27 Apr.

    2096-04-26T04:07:50Z → 2096-04-27T01:47:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 26th, 11:52–12:40 on the 27th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 33 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 917 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Baoding, 2096: Thursday 26 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śaṅkara Jayantī (Shankaracharya Jayanti) 2096 falls on Thursday 26 April. Pañcamī runs from 12:08 on Thu 26 Apr to 09:47 on Fri 27 Apr and covers 33 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2096/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 26 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 26 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 26 Apr
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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:08 → 18:4712:2748 min12:270 min26 Apr
Chicago23:08 → 20:4712:2548 min12:250 min26 Apr
Jersey City00:08 → 21:4712:3148 min12:310 min26 Apr
Port of Spain00:08 → 21:4711:4048 min11:400 min26 Apr
London05:08 → 02:4712:3548 min12:350 min26 Apr
Durban06:08 → 03:4711:3048 min11:300 min26 Apr
Dubai08:08 → 05:4711:5348 min11:530 min26 Apr
Delhi09:38 → 07:1711:5548 min11:550 min26 Apr
Kolkata09:38 → 07:1711:1148 min11:110 min26 Apr
Singapore12:08 → 09:4712:3948 min12:390 min26 Apr
Sydney14:08 → 11:4711:290 min11:2918 min27 Apr
Suva16:08 → 13:4711:400 min11:4048 min27 Apr
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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