Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 1916

Wednesday 6 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 346 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 5 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 6 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

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 18:25 on Tue 5 Dec to 18:19 on Wed 6 Dec.

    1916-12-05T10:24:40Z → 1916-12-06T10:19:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 5th, 11:45–12:33 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 20768 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1916: Wednesday 6 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 1916 falls on Wednesday 6 December. Dvādaśī runs from 18:25 on Tue 5 Dec to 18:19 on Wed 6 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1916/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 6 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 6 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 6 Dec
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/akhanda-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Mārgaśīrṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 12 Matsya dvadasi, Akhanda dvadasi (paraviddha), Vyanjana dvadasi & Dana dvadasi (Orissa).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:25 → 02:1911:2048 min11:200 min5 Dec
Chicago04:25 → 04:1911:1748 min11:180 min5 Dec
Jersey City05:25 → 05:1911:2348 min11:230 min5 Dec
Port of Spain06:25 → 06:1911:3348 min11:330 min5 Dec
London10:25 → 10:1911:2748 min11:270 min5 Dec
Durban12:25 → 12:1911:230 min11:2348 min6 Dec
Dubai14:06 → 14:0011:260 min11:2748 min6 Dec
Delhi15:55 → 15:4911:480 min11:4848 min6 Dec
Kolkata15:55 → 15:4911:030 min11:0348 min6 Dec
Singapore17:25 → 17:1911:310 min11:3248 min6 Dec
Sydney20:25 → 20:1911:220 min11:2248 min6 Dec
Suva22:25 → 22:1911:330 min11:3348 min6 Dec
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
akhanda-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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