Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 1934

Wednesday 22 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 86 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 21 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 22 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 17:20 on Tue 21 Aug to 14:11 on Wed 22 Aug.

    1934-08-21T09:19:48Z → 1934-08-22T06:11:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 21st, 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 5178 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1934: Wednesday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 1934 falls on Wednesday 22 August. Dvādaśī runs from 17:20 on Tue 21 Aug to 14:11 on Wed 22 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1934/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:20 → 22:1111:3248 min11:320 min21 Aug
Chicago04:20 → 01:1112:2948 min12:290 min21 Aug
Jersey City05:20 → 02:1112:3548 min12:350 min21 Aug
Port of Spain05:20 → 02:1111:4548 min11:450 min21 Aug
London10:20 → 07:1112:3948 min12:390 min21 Aug
Durban11:20 → 08:1111:3548 min11:350 min21 Aug
Dubai13:20 → 10:1111:580 min11:580 min22 Aug
Delhi14:50 → 11:4112:000 min12:000 min22 Aug
Kolkata14:50 → 11:4111:160 min11:1526 min22 Aug
Singapore16:40 → 13:3112:040 min12:0448 min22 Aug
Sydney19:20 → 16:1111:350 min11:3448 min22 Aug
Suva21:20 → 18:1111:460 min11:4548 min22 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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