Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 1949

Friday 5 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 482 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 5 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 6 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 03:58 on Fri 5 Aug to 03:16 on Sat 6 Aug.

    1949-08-04T19:58:02Z → 1949-08-05T19:15:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 5th, 12:00–12:48 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 28905 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1949: Friday 5 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 1949 falls on Friday 5 August. Dvādaśī runs from 03:58 on Fri 5 Aug to 03:16 on Sat 6 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 5 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 5 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:58 → 11:1611:3525 min11:350 min4 Aug
Chicago14:58 → 14:1612:320 min12:3248 min5 Aug
Jersey City15:58 → 15:1612:380 min12:3848 min5 Aug
Port of Spain15:58 → 15:1611:480 min11:4848 min5 Aug
London20:58 → 20:1612:420 min12:4248 min5 Aug
Durban21:58 → 21:1611:380 min11:3848 min5 Aug
Dubai23:58 → 23:1612:010 min12:0148 min5 Aug
Delhi01:28 → 00:4612:030 min12:0348 min5 Aug
Kolkata01:28 → 00:4611:180 min11:1848 min5 Aug
Singapore03:28 → 02:4612:170 min12:1748 min5 Aug
Sydney05:58 → 05:1611:370 min11:3748 min5 Aug
Suva07:58 → 07:1611:480 min11:4848 min5 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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