Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 1943

Wednesday 8 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 600 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 8 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:46  13:34 madhyāhna ends
11:5812:2212:4613:1013:3413:5814:22

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 9 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:46  13:34 madhyāhna ends
11:5812:2212:4613:1013:3413:5814:22

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 02:45 on Wed 8 Dec to 01:50 on Thu 9 Dec.

    1943-12-07T17:45:27Z → 1943-12-08T16:49:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:46–13:34 on the 8th, 12:46–13:34 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. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 36008 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1943: Wednesday 8 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 1943 falls on Wednesday 8 December. Dvādaśī runs from 02:45 on Wed 8 Dec to 01:50 on Thu 9 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1943/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 8 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 8 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 8 Dec
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/akhanda-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Mārgaśīrṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 12 Matsya dvadasi, Akhanda dvadasi (paraviddha), Vyanjana dvadasi & Dana dvadasi (Orissa).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:45 → 09:5012:2048 min12:210 min7 Dec
Chicago12:45 → 11:5012:1820 min12:180 min7 Dec
Jersey City13:45 → 12:5012:240 min12:2426 min8 Dec
Port of Spain14:45 → 13:5012:330 min12:3448 min8 Dec
London18:45 → 17:5012:280 min12:2848 min8 Dec
Durban20:45 → 19:5012:230 min12:2448 min8 Dec
Dubai21:45 → 20:5011:460 min11:4648 min8 Dec
Delhi00:15 → 23:2012:480 min12:4948 min8 Dec
Kolkata00:15 → 23:2012:040 min12:0448 min8 Dec
Singapore02:45 → 01:5013:320 min13:3248 min8 Dec
Sydney04:45 → 03:5012:220 min12:2348 min8 Dec
Suva05:45 → 04:5011:330 min11:3448 min8 Dec
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
akhanda-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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