Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 1946

Friday 9 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 510 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 9 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 10 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

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 02:27 on Fri 9 Aug to 04:29 on Sat 10 Aug.

    1946-08-08T17:27:15Z → 1946-08-09T19:29:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:59–13:47 on the 9th, 12:59–13:47 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 30588 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1946: Friday 9 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 1946 falls on Friday 9 August. Dvādaśī runs from 02:27 on Fri 9 Aug to 04:29 on Sat 10 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1946/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 9 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 9 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:27 → 11:2911:3448 min11:340 min8 Aug
Chicago12:27 → 14:2912:3248 min12:3248 min8 Aug
Jersey City13:27 → 15:2912:380 min12:3748 min9 Aug
Port of Spain13:27 → 15:2911:480 min11:4748 min9 Aug
London18:27 → 20:2912:420 min12:4148 min9 Aug
Durban19:27 → 21:2911:380 min11:3848 min9 Aug
Dubai21:27 → 23:2912:000 min12:0048 min9 Aug
Delhi22:57 → 00:5912:030 min12:0248 min9 Aug
Kolkata22:57 → 00:5911:180 min11:1848 min9 Aug
Singapore00:57 → 02:5912:160 min12:1648 min9 Aug
Sydney03:27 → 05:2911:370 min11:3748 min9 Aug
Suva05:27 → 07:2911:480 min11:4848 min9 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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