Ruling · Śaṅkara Jayantī · 1908

Tuesday 5 May

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 311 minutes.

Decide it for

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 4 May

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:33  12:21 madhyāhna ends
10:4511:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:09

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 5 May

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:33  12:21 madhyāhna ends
10:4511:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:09

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 17:32 on Mon 4 May to 19:14 on Tue 5 May.

    1908-05-04T15:47:44Z → 1908-05-05T17:29:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:33–12:21 on the 4th, 11:33–12:21 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 18664 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śaṅkara Jayantī, Bucharest, 1908: Tuesday 5 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Śaṅkara Jayantī 1908 falls on Tuesday 5 May. Pañcamī runs from 17:32 on Mon 4 May to 19:14 on Tue 5 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1908/shankara-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 5 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 5 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 5 May
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

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 Angeles07:48 → 09:3011:2648 min11:260 min4 May
Chicago09:48 → 11:3011:2448 min11:246 min4 May
Jersey City10:48 → 12:3011:2948 min11:2948 min4 May
Port of Spain11:48 → 13:3011:3939 min11:3948 min5 May
London15:48 → 17:3011:340 min11:3448 min5 May
Durban17:48 → 19:3011:280 min11:2848 min5 May
Dubai19:29 → 21:1111:330 min11:3348 min5 May
Delhi21:18 → 23:0011:540 min11:5448 min5 May
Kolkata21:18 → 23:0011:090 min11:0948 min5 May
Singapore22:48 → 00:3011:370 min11:3748 min5 May
Sydney01:48 → 03:3011:280 min11:2848 min5 May
Suva03:43 → 05:2511:340 min11:3448 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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