Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 1924

Sunday 7 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 197 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 Sunday 7 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

Midday of Monday 8 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

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 06:54 on Sun 7 Dec to 08:29 on Mon 8 Dec.

    1924-12-06T22:53:43Z → 1924-12-08T00:29:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 7th, 11:46–12:34 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 11797 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1924: Sunday 7 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 1924 falls on Sunday 7 December. Dvādaśī runs from 06:54 on Sun 7 Dec to 08:29 on Mon 8 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1924/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:54 → 16:2911:200 min11:210 min7 Dec
Chicago16:54 → 18:2911:180 min11:190 min7 Dec
Jersey City17:54 → 19:2911:230 min11:240 min7 Dec
Port of Spain18:54 → 20:2911:330 min11:340 min7 Dec
London22:54 → 00:2911:270 min11:280 min7 Dec
Durban00:54 → 02:2911:230 min11:240 min7 Dec
Dubai02:54 → 04:2911:460 min11:470 min7 Dec
Delhi04:24 → 05:5911:480 min11:490 min7 Dec
Kolkata04:24 → 05:5911:030 min11:040 min7 Dec
Singapore05:54 → 07:2911:320 min11:320 min7 Dec
Sydney08:54 → 10:2911:220 min11:230 min7 Dec
Suva10:54 → 12:2911:330 min11:3448 min8 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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