Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 1914

Thursday 7 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 219 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 Wednesday 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

Midday of Thursday 7 May

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

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

48 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 19:28 on Wed 6 May to 16:18 on Thu 7 May.

    1914-05-06T11:27:33Z → 1914-05-07T08:18:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 6th, 11:51–12:39 on the 7th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 13142 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1914: Thursday 7 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 1914 falls on Thursday 7 May. Dvādaśī runs from 19:28 on Wed 6 May to 16:18 on Thu 7 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 7 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 7 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:28 → 00:1811:2648 min11:260 min6 May
Chicago05:28 → 02:1811:2348 min11:230 min6 May
Jersey City06:28 → 03:1811:2948 min11:290 min6 May
Port of Spain07:28 → 04:1811:3948 min11:390 min6 May
London11:28 → 08:1811:3448 min11:340 min6 May
Durban13:28 → 10:1811:280 min11:280 min7 May
Dubai15:09 → 11:5911:330 min11:3227 min7 May
Delhi16:58 → 13:4811:540 min11:5448 min7 May
Kolkata16:58 → 13:4811:090 min11:0948 min7 May
Singapore18:28 → 15:1811:370 min11:3748 min7 May
Sydney21:28 → 18:1811:280 min11:2848 min7 May
Suva23:23 → 20:1311:340 min11:3448 min7 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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