Ruling · Vāmana Jayantī · 1928

Wednesday 26 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 525 minutes.

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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 26 September

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 Thursday 27 September

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

Dvādaśī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 03:00 on Wed 26 Sep to 02:25 on Thu 27 Sep.

    1928-09-25T18:59:54Z → 1928-09-26T18:24:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 26th, 11:45–12:33 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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: unstated → only-day · margin 31525 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vāmana Jayantī, Baoding, 1928: Wednesday 26 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vāmana Jayantī 1928 falls on Wednesday 26 September. Dvādaśī runs from 03:00 on Wed 26 Sep to 02:25 on Thu 27 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1928/vamana-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 26 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 26 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 26 Sep
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/vamana-jayanti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 12 Visnuparivartanotsava, Sakrotthana (in any of the naksatras U. Asadha, Sravana & Dhanistha), Kalki dvadasi, Sravana dvadasi (when combined with naksatra Sravana), Vamana jayanti (madhyahna vyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:00 → 10:2511:2048 min11:200 min25 Sep
Chicago14:00 → 13:2512:180 min12:1848 min26 Sep
Jersey City15:00 → 14:2512:240 min12:2348 min26 Sep
Port of Spain15:00 → 14:2511:340 min11:3348 min26 Sep
London20:00 → 19:2512:280 min12:2748 min26 Sep
Durban21:00 → 20:2511:240 min11:2448 min26 Sep
Dubai23:00 → 22:2511:460 min11:4648 min26 Sep
Delhi00:30 → 23:5511:490 min11:4848 min26 Sep
Kolkata00:30 → 23:5511:040 min11:0448 min26 Sep
Singapore02:00 → 01:2511:320 min11:3248 min26 Sep
Sydney05:00 → 04:2511:230 min11:2348 min26 Sep
Suva07:00 → 06:2511:340 min11:3448 min26 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vamana-jayanti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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