Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 1914

Friday 16 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 323 minutes.

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Thursday 15 October

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:41 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:23
17:1717:4118:0518:2918:5319:1719:41

0 of 102 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 16 October

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:40 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:22
17:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:1619:40

102 of 102 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 03:09 on Fri 16 Oct to 00:46 on Sat 17 Oct.

    1914-10-15T19:08:55Z → 1914-10-16T16:45:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:41–19:23 on the 15th, 17:40–19:22 on the 16th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 102 minutes on the 15th and 102 of 102 on the 16th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 19395 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1914: Friday 16 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 1914 falls on Friday 16 October. Dvādaśī runs from 03:09 on Fri 16 Oct to 00:46 on Sat 17 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1914/govatsa-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 16 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 16 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 16 Oct
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/govatsa-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“K 12 Govatsa dvadasi (pradosa vyapini). If occurs on two days, it is to be observed on the first day.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīSunset 15thCoveredSunset 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:09 → 08:4617:19101 min17:180 min15 Oct
Chicago13:09 → 10:4617:10103 min17:080 min15 Oct
Jersey City14:09 → 11:4617:17103 min17:150 min15 Oct
Port of Spain15:09 → 12:4617:4997 min17:480 min15 Oct
London19:09 → 16:4617:090 min17:070 min15 Oct
Durban21:09 → 18:4618:050 min18:0640 min16 Oct
Dubai22:50 → 20:2717:330 min17:3399 min16 Oct
Delhi00:39 → 22:1617:520 min17:51100 min16 Oct
Kolkata00:39 → 22:1617:120 min17:1199 min16 Oct
Singapore02:09 → 23:4617:530 min17:5395 min16 Oct
Sydney05:09 → 02:4618:070 min18:0889 min16 Oct
Suva07:04 → 04:4118:020 min18:0292 min16 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
govatsa-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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