Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 1906

Saturday 5 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 57 s.

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 Saturday 5 May

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī begins 11:45:10
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 6 May

Dvādaśī 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

Dvādaśī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 11:45 on Sat 5 May to 09:03 on Sun 6 May.

    1906-05-05T03:45:10Z → 1906-05-06T01:03:23Z

  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

    Dvādaśī 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: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 357 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1906: Saturday 5 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 1906 falls on Saturday 5 May. Dvādaśī runs from 11:45 on Sat 5 May to 09:03 on Sun 6 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1906/rukmini-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 5 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 5 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 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/rukmini-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 12 Parasurama dvadasi (purvaviddha), Rukmini dvadasi (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:45 → 17:0311:2648 min11:260 min5 May
Chicago21:45 → 19:0311:2448 min11:230 min5 May
Jersey City22:45 → 20:0311:2948 min11:290 min5 May
Port of Spain23:45 → 21:0311:3948 min11:390 min5 May
London03:45 → 01:0311:3448 min11:340 min5 May
Durban05:45 → 03:0311:2848 min11:280 min5 May
Dubai07:26 → 04:4411:3348 min11:320 min5 May
Delhi09:15 → 06:3311:5448 min11:540 min5 May
Kolkata09:15 → 06:3311:0948 min11:090 min5 May
Singapore10:45 → 08:0311:3748 min11:370 min5 May
Sydney13:45 → 11:0311:280 min11:280 min6 May
Suva15:40 → 12:5811:340 min11:3448 min6 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rukmini-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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