Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 1934

Saturday 26 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 53 s.

Decide it for

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 Friday 25 May

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 26 May

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī ends 12:49:01
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 13:54 on Fri 25 May to 12:49 on Sat 26 May.

    1934-05-25T05:54:22Z → 1934-05-26T04:49:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 25th, 11:51–12:39 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 593 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1934: Saturday 26 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 1934 falls on Saturday 26 May. Dvādaśī runs from 13:54 on Fri 25 May to 12:49 on Sat 26 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 May
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/rukmini-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 12 Parasurama dvadasi (purvaviddha), Rukmini dvadasi (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:54 → 20:4911:2648 min11:260 min25 May
Chicago00:54 → 23:4912:2448 min12:240 min25 May
Jersey City01:54 → 00:4912:2948 min12:290 min25 May
Port of Spain01:54 → 00:4911:3948 min11:390 min25 May
London06:54 → 05:4912:3448 min12:340 min25 May
Durban07:54 → 06:4911:2848 min11:290 min25 May
Dubai09:54 → 08:4911:5248 min11:520 min25 May
Delhi11:24 → 10:1911:5448 min11:540 min25 May
Kolkata11:24 → 10:1911:0933 min11:090 min25 May
Singapore13:14 → 12:0911:570 min11:5712 min26 May
Sydney15:54 → 14:4911:280 min11:2848 min26 May
Suva17:54 → 16:4911:390 min11:3948 min26 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rukmini-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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