Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 1935

Wednesday 15 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 194 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Tuesday 14 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 Wednesday 15 May

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
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 15:53 on Tue 14 May to 17:16 on Wed 15 May.

    1935-05-14T07:52:49Z → 1935-05-15T09:15:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 14th, 11:51–12:39 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 11649 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1935: Wednesday 15 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 1935 falls on Wednesday 15 May. Dvādaśī runs from 15:53 on Tue 14 May to 17:16 on Wed 15 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1935/rukmini-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:53 → 01:1611:2548 min11:250 min14 May
Chicago02:53 → 04:1612:2348 min12:230 min14 May
Jersey City03:53 → 05:1612:2948 min12:290 min14 May
Port of Spain03:53 → 05:1611:3848 min11:380 min14 May
London08:53 → 10:1612:3348 min12:330 min14 May
Durban09:53 → 11:1611:2848 min11:280 min14 May
Dubai11:53 → 13:1611:5146 min11:5148 min14 May
Delhi13:23 → 14:4611:530 min11:5348 min15 May
Kolkata13:23 → 14:4611:090 min11:0948 min15 May
Singapore15:13 → 16:3611:570 min11:5748 min15 May
Sydney17:53 → 19:1611:270 min11:2748 min15 May
Suva19:53 → 21:1611:380 min11:3848 min15 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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