Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 1957

Wednesday 7 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 121 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 6 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 7 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 14:49 on Tue 6 Aug to 15:54 on Wed 7 Aug.

    1957-08-06T06:48:45Z → 1957-08-07T07:53:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 6th, 12:00–12:48 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. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 7263 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1957: Wednesday 7 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 1957 falls on Wednesday 7 August. Dvādaśī runs from 14:49 on Tue 6 Aug to 15:54 on Wed 7 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1957/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 7 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 7 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 7 Aug
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/damodara-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 12 Buddha dvadasi, Damodara dvadasi (purvaviddha), Visnu-pavitraropana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:49 → 00:5412:3448 min12:340 min6 Aug
Chicago01:49 → 02:5412:3248 min12:320 min6 Aug
Jersey City02:49 → 03:5412:3848 min12:380 min6 Aug
Port of Spain02:49 → 03:5411:4848 min11:480 min6 Aug
London07:49 → 08:5412:4248 min12:420 min6 Aug
Durban08:49 → 09:5411:3848 min11:380 min6 Aug
Dubai10:49 → 11:5412:0048 min12:000 min6 Aug
Delhi12:19 → 13:2412:0332 min12:0348 min6 Aug
Kolkata12:19 → 13:2411:180 min11:1848 min7 Aug
Singapore14:19 → 15:2412:160 min12:1648 min7 Aug
Sydney16:49 → 17:5411:370 min11:3748 min7 Aug
Suva18:49 → 19:5411:480 min11:4848 min7 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
damodara-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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