Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 1952

Tuesday 6 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 287 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 6 May

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 7 May

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 06:36 on Tue 6 May to 07:04 on Wed 7 May.

    1952-05-05T22:35:55Z → 1952-05-06T23:04:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 6th, 11:51–12:39 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 17208 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1952: Tuesday 6 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 1952 falls on Tuesday 6 May. Dvādaśī runs from 06:36 on Tue 6 May to 07:04 on Wed 7 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1952/rukmini-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 6 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 6 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 6 May
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/rukmini-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 12 Parasurama dvadasi (purvaviddha), Rukmini dvadasi (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:36 → 16:0412:260 min12:2648 min6 May
Chicago17:36 → 18:0412:240 min12:2348 min6 May
Jersey City18:36 → 19:0412:290 min12:2948 min6 May
Port of Spain18:36 → 19:0411:390 min11:3948 min6 May
London23:36 → 00:0412:340 min12:3448 min6 May
Durban00:36 → 01:0411:280 min11:2848 min6 May
Dubai02:36 → 03:0411:520 min11:5148 min6 May
Delhi04:06 → 04:3411:540 min11:5448 min6 May
Kolkata04:06 → 04:3411:090 min11:0948 min6 May
Singapore06:06 → 06:3412:070 min12:0748 min6 May
Sydney08:36 → 09:0411:280 min11:2848 min6 May
Suva10:36 → 11:0411:390 min11:3948 min6 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rukmini-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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