Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 1949

Tuesday 18 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 23 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 Tuesday 18 October

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:36 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:20
Dvādaśī begins 18:56:28
17:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:36

23 of 103 minutes covered, the last 23

Evening of Wednesday 19 October

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:35 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:18
17:1117:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:35

0 of 104 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 18:56 on Tue 18 Oct to 16:03 on Wed 19 Oct.

    1949-10-18T10:56:29Z → 1949-10-19T08:03:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:36–19:20 on the 18th, 17:35–19:18 on the 19th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 23 of 103 minutes on the 18th and 0 of 104 on the 19th.

    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 1386 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1949: Tuesday 18 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 1949 falls on Tuesday 18 October. Dvādaśī runs from 18:56 on Tue 18 Oct to 16:03 on Wed 19 Oct and covers 23 of 103 minutes of pradoṣa that evening.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 18 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 18 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 18 Oct
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 18thCoveredSunset 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:56 → 00:0317:15102 min17:140 min18 Oct
Chicago04:56 → 02:0317:05104 min17:030 min18 Oct
Jersey City05:56 → 03:0317:12104 min17:100 min18 Oct
Port of Spain06:56 → 04:0317:4797 min17:470 min18 Oct
London11:56 → 09:0318:01108 min17:590 min18 Oct
Durban12:56 → 10:0318:0789 min18:080 min18 Oct
Dubai14:56 → 12:0317:49100 min17:480 min18 Oct
Delhi16:26 → 13:3317:49101 min17:480 min18 Oct
Kolkata16:26 → 13:3317:0999 min17:080 min18 Oct
Singapore18:26 → 15:3318:2291 min18:220 min18 Oct
Sydney20:56 → 18:0318:100 min18:110 min18 Oct
Suva22:56 → 20:0318:070 min18:0892 min19 Oct
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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