Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 1955

Tuesday 3 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 655 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 3 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 4 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 23:57 on Mon 2 May to 00:56 on Wed 4 May.

    1955-05-02T15:56:34Z → 1955-05-03T16:56:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 3rd, 11:51–12:39 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 39311 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1955: Tuesday 3 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 1955 falls on Tuesday 3 May. Dvādaśī runs from 23:57 on Mon 2 May to 00:56 on Wed 4 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1955/rukmini-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 3 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 3 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:57 → 09:5612:2648 min12:260 min2 May
Chicago10:57 → 11:5612:2448 min12:240 min2 May
Jersey City11:57 → 12:5612:3048 min12:3027 min2 May
Port of Spain11:57 → 12:5611:3931 min11:3948 min2 May
London16:57 → 17:5612:340 min12:3448 min3 May
Durban17:57 → 18:5611:290 min11:2948 min3 May
Dubai19:57 → 20:5611:520 min11:5248 min3 May
Delhi21:27 → 22:2611:540 min11:5448 min3 May
Kolkata21:27 → 22:2611:100 min11:1048 min3 May
Singapore23:27 → 00:2612:080 min12:0848 min3 May
Sydney01:57 → 02:5611:280 min11:2848 min3 May
Suva03:57 → 04:5611:390 min11:3948 min3 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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