Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 1956

Friday 14 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 66 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 14 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 15 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

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 10:42 on Fri 14 Dec to 09:47 on Sat 15 Dec.

    1956-12-14T02:42:15Z → 1956-12-15T01:47:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 14th, 11:49–12:37 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 3989 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1956: Friday 14 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 1956 falls on Friday 14 December. Dvādaśī runs from 10:42 on Fri 14 Dec to 09:47 on Sat 15 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1956/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 14 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 14 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 14 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:42 → 17:4711:2448 min11:240 min14 Dec
Chicago20:42 → 19:4711:2148 min11:220 min14 Dec
Jersey City21:42 → 20:4711:2748 min11:280 min14 Dec
Port of Spain22:42 → 21:4711:3748 min11:370 min14 Dec
London02:42 → 01:4711:3148 min11:320 min14 Dec
Durban04:42 → 03:4711:2748 min11:270 min14 Dec
Dubai06:42 → 05:4711:4948 min11:500 min14 Dec
Delhi08:12 → 07:1711:5248 min11:520 min14 Dec
Kolkata08:12 → 07:1711:0748 min11:080 min14 Dec
Singapore10:12 → 09:1712:0548 min12:060 min14 Dec
Sydney12:42 → 11:4711:260 min11:2621 min15 Dec
Suva14:42 → 13:4711:370 min11:3748 min15 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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