Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 1932

Friday 9 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 524 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 Friday 9 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 10 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

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 00:27 on Fri 9 Dec to 03:03 on Sat 10 Dec.

    1932-12-08T16:27:22Z → 1932-12-09T19:03:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 9th, 11:47–12:35 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 31418 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1932: Friday 9 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 1932 falls on Friday 9 December. Dvādaśī runs from 00:27 on Fri 9 Dec to 03:03 on Sat 10 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1932/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 9 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 9 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:27 → 11:0311:2148 min11:210 min8 Dec
Chicago10:27 → 13:0311:1948 min11:1948 min9 Dec
Jersey City11:27 → 14:0311:2445 min11:2548 min9 Dec
Port of Spain12:27 → 15:0311:340 min11:3548 min9 Dec
London16:27 → 19:0311:280 min11:2948 min9 Dec
Durban18:27 → 21:0311:240 min11:2448 min9 Dec
Dubai20:27 → 23:0311:470 min11:4748 min9 Dec
Delhi21:57 → 00:3311:490 min11:4948 min9 Dec
Kolkata21:57 → 00:3311:040 min11:0548 min9 Dec
Singapore23:27 → 02:0311:320 min11:3348 min9 Dec
Sydney02:27 → 05:0311:230 min11:2448 min9 Dec
Suva04:27 → 07:0311:340 min11:3548 min9 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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