Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 1944

Tuesday 1 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 354 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 1 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
12:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:1214:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 2 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
12:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:1214:36

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 07:06 on Tue 1 Aug to 05:37 on Wed 2 Aug.

    1944-07-31T22:06:21Z → 1944-08-01T20:37:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:00–13:48 on the 1st, 13:00–13:48 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 21224 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1944: Tuesday 1 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 1944 falls on Tuesday 1 August. Dvādaśī runs from 07:06 on Tue 1 Aug to 05:37 on Wed 2 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 1 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 1 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 1 Aug
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/damodara-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 12 Buddha dvadasi, Damodara dvadasi (purvaviddha), Visnu-pavitraropana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:06 → 13:3712:350 min12:3548 min1 Aug
Chicago17:06 → 15:3712:330 min12:3248 min1 Aug
Jersey City18:06 → 16:3712:380 min12:3848 min1 Aug
Port of Spain19:06 → 17:3712:480 min12:4848 min1 Aug
London00:06 → 22:3713:420 min13:4248 min1 Aug
Durban00:06 → 22:3711:380 min11:3848 min1 Aug
Dubai02:06 → 00:3712:010 min12:0148 min1 Aug
Delhi04:36 → 03:0713:030 min13:0348 min1 Aug
Kolkata04:36 → 03:0712:190 min12:1948 min1 Aug
Singapore07:06 → 05:3713:470 min13:4748 min1 Aug
Sydney08:06 → 06:3711:380 min11:3848 min1 Aug
Suva10:06 → 08:3711:490 min11:4948 min1 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
damodara-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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