Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 1936

Sunday 3 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 72 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 2 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 Sunday 3 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 13:52 on Sat 2 May to 16:18 on Sun 3 May.

    1936-05-02T05:51:40Z → 1936-05-03T08:18:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 2nd, 11:51–12:39 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 4334 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1936: Sunday 3 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 1936 falls on Sunday 3 May. Dvādaśī runs from 13:52 on Sat 2 May to 16:18 on Sun 3 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1936/rukmini-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:52 → 00:1811:2648 min11:260 min2 May
Chicago00:52 → 03:1812:2448 min12:240 min2 May
Jersey City01:52 → 04:1812:3048 min12:290 min2 May
Port of Spain01:52 → 04:1811:3948 min11:390 min2 May
London06:52 → 09:1812:3448 min12:340 min2 May
Durban07:52 → 10:1811:2948 min11:290 min2 May
Dubai09:52 → 12:1811:5248 min11:5226 min2 May
Delhi11:22 → 13:4811:5448 min11:5448 min2 May
Kolkata11:22 → 13:4811:1036 min11:1048 min2 May
Singapore13:12 → 15:3811:580 min11:5748 min3 May
Sydney15:52 → 18:1811:280 min11:2848 min3 May
Suva17:52 → 20:1811:390 min11:3948 min3 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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