Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 1954

Tuesday 7 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 423 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 6 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 7 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

48 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 22:49 on Mon 6 Dec to 19:36 on Tue 7 Dec.

    1954-12-06T14:48:51Z → 1954-12-07T11:36:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 6th, 11:45–12:33 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 25387 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1954: Tuesday 7 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 1954 falls on Tuesday 7 December. Dvādaśī runs from 22:49 on Mon 6 Dec to 19:36 on Tue 7 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1954/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 7 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 7 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 7 Dec
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/akhanda-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Mārgaśīrṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 12 Matsya dvadasi, Akhanda dvadasi (paraviddha), Vyanjana dvadasi & Dana dvadasi (Orissa).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:49 → 03:3611:2048 min11:200 min6 Dec
Chicago08:49 → 05:3611:1848 min11:180 min6 Dec
Jersey City09:49 → 06:3611:2348 min11:240 min6 Dec
Port of Spain10:49 → 07:3611:3348 min11:330 min6 Dec
London14:49 → 11:3611:270 min11:289 min7 Dec
Durban16:49 → 13:3611:230 min11:2348 min7 Dec
Dubai18:49 → 15:3611:460 min11:4648 min7 Dec
Delhi20:19 → 17:0611:480 min11:4848 min7 Dec
Kolkata20:19 → 17:0611:030 min11:0448 min7 Dec
Singapore22:19 → 19:0612:010 min12:0248 min7 Dec
Sydney00:49 → 21:3611:220 min11:2248 min7 Dec
Suva02:49 → 23:3611:330 min11:3348 min7 Dec
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
akhanda-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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