Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 1919

Friday 8 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 628 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 8 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
12:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:1214:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 9 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

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 01:12 on Fri 8 Aug to 02:32 on Sat 9 Aug.

    1919-08-07T16:11:58Z → 1919-08-08T17:31:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:00–13:48 on the 8th, 12:59–13:47 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 37668 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1919: Friday 8 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 1919 falls on Friday 8 August. Dvādaśī runs from 01:12 on Fri 8 Aug to 02:32 on Sat 9 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1919/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 Aug
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/damodara-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 12 Buddha dvadasi, Damodara dvadasi (purvaviddha), Visnu-pavitraropana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:12 → 10:3212:3448 min12:340 min7 Aug
Chicago11:12 → 12:3212:3248 min12:320 min7 Aug
Jersey City12:12 → 13:3212:3848 min12:3848 min7 Aug
Port of Spain12:12 → 13:3211:4824 min11:4848 min7 Aug
London17:12 → 18:3212:420 min12:4248 min8 Aug
Durban18:12 → 19:3211:380 min11:3848 min8 Aug
Dubai19:53 → 21:1311:410 min11:4148 min8 Aug
Delhi21:42 → 23:0212:030 min12:0348 min8 Aug
Kolkata21:42 → 23:0211:180 min11:1848 min8 Aug
Singapore23:12 → 00:3211:460 min11:4648 min8 Aug
Sydney02:12 → 03:3211:370 min11:3748 min8 Aug
Suva04:12 → 05:3211:480 min11:4848 min8 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
damodara-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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