Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 1918

Wednesday 22 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 571 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Wednesday 22 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

Midday of Thursday 23 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 00:11 on Wed 22 May to 02:20 on Thu 23 May.

    1918-05-21T16:11:21Z → 1918-05-22T18:20:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 22nd, 11:51–12:39 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 34245 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1918: Wednesday 22 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 1918 falls on Wednesday 22 May. Dvādaśī runs from 00:11 on Wed 22 May to 02:20 on Thu 23 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1918/rukmini-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:11 → 11:2012:2648 min12:260 min21 May
Chicago11:11 → 13:2012:2348 min12:2348 min21 May
Jersey City12:11 → 14:2012:2948 min12:2948 min21 May
Port of Spain12:11 → 14:2011:3915 min11:3948 min21 May
London17:11 → 19:2012:330 min12:3348 min22 May
Durban18:11 → 20:2011:280 min11:2848 min22 May
Dubai19:52 → 22:0111:320 min11:3248 min22 May
Delhi21:41 → 23:5011:540 min11:5448 min22 May
Kolkata21:41 → 23:5011:090 min11:0948 min22 May
Singapore23:11 → 01:2011:370 min11:3748 min22 May
Sydney02:11 → 04:2011:270 min11:2748 min22 May
Suva04:11 → 06:2011:390 min11:3948 min22 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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