Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 1942

Thursday 5 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 631 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Wednesday 4 November

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

18:15 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:04
17:5118:1518:3919:0319:2719:5120:15

0 of 108 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 5 November

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

18:14 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:03
17:5018:1418:3819:0219:2619:5020:14

109 of 109 minutes covered

Dvādaśī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 07:14 on Thu 5 Nov to 06:34 on Fri 6 Nov.

    1942-11-04T22:13:54Z → 1942-11-05T21:33:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 18:15–20:04 on the 4th, 18:14–20:03 on the 5th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 108 minutes on the 4th and 109 of 109 on the 5th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 37834 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1942: Thursday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 1942 falls on Thursday 5 November. Dvādaśī runs from 07:14 on Thu 5 Nov to 06:34 on Fri 6 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1942/govatsa-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 5 Nov
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/govatsa-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“K 12 Govatsa dvadasi (pradosa vyapini). If occurs on two days, it is to be observed on the first day.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīSunset 4thCoveredSunset 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:14 → 14:3417:58106 min17:570 min4 Nov
Chicago17:14 → 16:3417:42110 min17:400 min4 Nov
Jersey City18:14 → 17:3417:4985 min17:480 min4 Nov
Port of Spain19:14 → 18:3418:4166 min18:410 min4 Nov
London23:14 → 22:3417:290 min17:27117 min5 Nov
Durban01:14 → 00:3419:190 min19:2085 min5 Nov
Dubai02:14 → 01:3417:370 min17:36103 min5 Nov
Delhi04:44 → 04:0418:340 min18:33104 min5 Nov
Kolkata04:44 → 04:0417:580 min17:57102 min5 Nov
Singapore07:14 → 06:3419:500 min19:5096 min5 Nov
Sydney09:14 → 08:3419:250 min19:2683 min5 Nov
Suva10:14 → 09:3418:140 min18:1490 min5 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
govatsa-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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