Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 1934

Saturday 3 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 229 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Saturday 3 November

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:16 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:05
16:5217:1617:4018:0418:2818:5219:16

108 of 108 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 4 November

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:15 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:04
16:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:15

0 of 108 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 12:21 on Sat 3 Nov to 13:26 on Sun 4 Nov.

    1934-11-03T04:20:38Z → 1934-11-04T05:26:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:16–19:05 on the 3rd, 17:15–19:04 on the 4th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 108 of 108 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 108 on the 4th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 13752 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1934: Saturday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 1934 falls on Saturday 3 November. Dvādaśī runs from 12:21 on Sat 3 Nov to 13:26 on Sun 4 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 Nov
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/govatsa-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“K 12 Govatsa dvadasi (pradosa vyapini). If occurs on two days, it is to be observed on the first day.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīSunset 3rdCoveredSunset 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:21 → 21:2616:59106 min16:580 min3 Nov
Chicago22:21 → 23:2616:43110 min16:420 min3 Nov
Jersey City23:21 → 00:2616:51109 min16:500 min3 Nov
Port of Spain00:21 → 01:2617:4198 min17:410 min3 Nov
London04:21 → 05:2616:31116 min16:290 min3 Nov
Durban06:21 → 07:2618:1986 min18:190 min3 Nov
Dubai08:21 → 09:2617:37103 min17:370 min3 Nov
Delhi09:51 → 10:5617:35104 min17:340 min3 Nov
Kolkata09:51 → 10:5616:58102 min16:580 min3 Nov
Singapore11:41 → 12:4618:1096 min18:100 min3 Nov
Sydney14:21 → 15:2618:2484 min18:250 min3 Nov
Suva16:21 → 17:2618:1390 min18:140 min3 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
govatsa-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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