Midday of Sunday 22 September
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:47 12:35 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī begins 11:37:21
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Vāmana Jayantī · 1912
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 22 September
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 23 September
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Dvādaśī runs from 11:37 on Sun 22 Sep to 14:01 on Mon 23 Sep.
1912-09-22T03:37:21Z → 1912-09-23T06:01:13Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:47–12:35 on the 22nd, 11:46–12:34 on the 23rd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 562 s
Ruling
Vāmana Jayantī, Baoding, 1912: Sunday 22 September.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Vāmana Jayantī 1912 falls on Sunday 22 September. Dvādaśī runs from 11:37 on Sun 22 Sep to 14:01 on Mon 23 Sep 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.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 22 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 22 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 23 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/vamana-jayanti · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 12 Visnuparivartanotsava, Sakrotthana (in any of the naksatras U. Asadha, Sravana & Dhanistha), Kalki dvadasi, Sravana dvadasi (when combined with naksatra Sravana), Vamana jayanti (madhyahna vyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Dvādaśī | Madhyāhna 22nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:37 → 22:01 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Chicago | 21:37 → 00:01 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Jersey City | 22:37 → 01:01 | 11:25 | 48 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 23:37 → 02:01 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:34 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| London | 03:37 → 06:01 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Durban | 05:37 → 08:01 | 11:25 | 48 min | 11:25 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Dubai | 07:18 → 09:42 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Delhi | 09:07 → 11:31 | 11:50 | 48 min | 11:49 | 0 min | 22 Sep |
| Kolkata | 09:07 → 11:31 | 11:05 | 48 min | 11:05 | 26 min | 22 Sep |
| Singapore | 10:37 → 13:01 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 22 Sep |
| Sydney | 13:37 → 16:01 | 11:24 | 0 min | 11:24 | 48 min | 23 Sep |
| Suva | 15:32 → 17:56 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 23 Sep |