Midday of Wednesday 14 August
Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 12:58 13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 1940
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 444 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 14 August
Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 15 August
Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Dvādaśī runs from 05:34 on Wed 14 Aug to 05:32 on Thu 15 Aug.
1940-08-13T20:34:06Z → 1940-08-14T20:31:40Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:58–13:46 on the 14th, 12:58–13:46 on the 15th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 26662 s
Ruling
Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1940: Wednesday 14 August.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 1940 falls on Wednesday 14 August. Dvādaśī runs from 05:34 on Wed 14 Aug to 05:32 on Thu 15 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 14 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 14 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 14 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/damodara-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 12 Buddha dvadasi, Damodara dvadasi (purvaviddha), Visnu-pavitraropana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Dvādaśī | Madhyāhna 13th | Covered | Madhyāhna 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:34 → 12:32 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 14 Aug |
| Chicago | 15:34 → 15:32 | 12:31 | 0 min | 12:31 | 48 min | 14 Aug |
| Jersey City | 16:34 → 16:32 | 12:37 | 0 min | 12:37 | 48 min | 14 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 16:34 → 16:32 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 14 Aug |
| London | 21:34 → 21:32 | 12:41 | 0 min | 12:41 | 48 min | 14 Aug |
| Durban | 22:34 → 22:32 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:37 | 48 min | 14 Aug |
| Dubai | 00:34 → 00:32 | 11:59 | 0 min | 11:59 | 48 min | 14 Aug |
| Delhi | 02:04 → 02:02 | 12:02 | 0 min | 12:01 | 48 min | 14 Aug |
| Kolkata | 02:04 → 02:02 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 14 Aug |
| Singapore | 03:54 → 03:52 | 12:05 | 0 min | 12:05 | 48 min | 14 Aug |
| Sydney | 06:34 → 06:32 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:36 | 48 min | 14 Aug |
| Suva | 08:34 → 08:32 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 14 Aug |