Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 1941

Thursday 8 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 517 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 8 May

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:51  13:39 madhyāhna ends
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 9 May

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:51  13:39 madhyāhna ends
12:0312:2712:5113:1513:3914:0314:27

0 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 04:14 on Thu 8 May to 01:15 on Fri 9 May.

    1941-05-07T19:13:56Z → 1941-05-08T16:14:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:51–13:39 on the 8th, 12:51–13:39 on the 9th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 31017 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1941: Thursday 8 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 1941 falls on Thursday 8 May. Dvādaśī runs from 04:14 on Thu 8 May to 01:15 on Fri 9 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1941/rukmini-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 8 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 8 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:14 → 08:1511:2648 min11:260 min7 May
Chicago14:14 → 11:1512:230 min12:230 min8 May
Jersey City15:14 → 12:1512:290 min12:290 min8 May
Port of Spain15:14 → 12:1511:390 min11:3936 min8 May
London21:14 → 18:1513:340 min13:3348 min8 May
Durban21:14 → 18:1511:280 min11:2848 min8 May
Dubai23:14 → 20:1511:510 min11:5148 min8 May
Delhi00:44 → 21:4511:540 min11:5448 min8 May
Kolkata00:44 → 21:4511:090 min11:0948 min8 May
Singapore02:34 → 23:3511:570 min11:5748 min8 May
Sydney05:14 → 02:1511:280 min11:2748 min8 May
Suva07:14 → 04:1511:390 min11:3948 min8 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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