Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 1924

Friday 16 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 239 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 15 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 Friday 16 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 19:14 on Thu 15 May to 16:38 on Fri 16 May.

    1924-05-15T11:14:26Z → 1924-05-16T08:37:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 15th, 11:51–12:39 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 14341 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1924: Friday 16 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 1924 falls on Friday 16 May. Dvādaśī runs from 19:14 on Thu 15 May to 16:38 on Fri 16 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 16 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 16 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:14 → 00:3811:2548 min11:250 min15 May
Chicago06:14 → 03:3812:2348 min12:230 min15 May
Jersey City07:14 → 04:3812:2948 min12:290 min15 May
Port of Spain07:14 → 04:3811:3848 min11:380 min15 May
London12:14 → 09:3812:3348 min12:330 min15 May
Durban13:14 → 10:3811:280 min11:280 min16 May
Dubai15:14 → 12:3811:510 min11:5147 min16 May
Delhi16:44 → 14:0811:530 min11:5348 min16 May
Kolkata16:44 → 14:0811:090 min11:0948 min16 May
Singapore18:14 → 15:3811:370 min11:3748 min16 May
Sydney21:14 → 18:3811:270 min11:2748 min16 May
Suva23:14 → 20:3811:380 min11:3848 min16 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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