Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 1930

Tuesday 5 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 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 Tuesday 5 August

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 6 August

Qualifies with 24 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī ends 12:23:46
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

24 of 48 minutes covered, the first 24

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 10:41 on Tue 5 Aug to 12:24 on Wed 6 Aug.

    1930-08-05T02:40:55Z → 1930-08-06T04:23:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 5th, 12:00–12:48 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 24 of 48 on the 6th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 1436 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1930: Tuesday 5 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 1930 falls on Tuesday 5 August. Dvādaśī runs from 10:41 on Tue 5 Aug to 12:24 on Wed 6 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 24 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1930/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 5 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 5 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 5 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:41 → 20:2411:3548 min11:350 min5 Aug
Chicago21:41 → 23:2412:3248 min12:320 min5 Aug
Jersey City22:41 → 00:2412:3848 min12:380 min5 Aug
Port of Spain22:41 → 00:2411:4848 min11:480 min5 Aug
London03:41 → 05:2412:4248 min12:420 min5 Aug
Durban04:41 → 06:2411:3848 min11:380 min5 Aug
Dubai06:41 → 08:2412:0148 min12:000 min5 Aug
Delhi08:11 → 09:5412:0348 min12:030 min5 Aug
Kolkata08:11 → 09:5411:1848 min11:180 min5 Aug
Singapore09:41 → 11:2411:4748 min11:460 min5 Aug
Sydney12:41 → 14:2411:370 min11:3748 min6 Aug
Suva14:41 → 16:2411:480 min11:4848 min6 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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