Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 1961

Wednesday 23 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 559 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 22 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 23 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 01:04 on Wed 23 Aug to 22:04 on Wed 23 Aug.

    1961-08-22T17:04:13Z → 1961-08-23T14:03:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd, 11:57–12:45 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 33540 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1961: Wednesday 23 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 1961 falls on Wednesday 23 August. Dvādaśī runs from 01:04 on Wed 23 Aug to 22:04 on Wed 23 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1961/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 23 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 23 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:04 → 07:0412:3148 min12:310 min22 Aug
Chicago12:04 → 09:0412:2948 min12:290 min22 Aug
Jersey City13:04 → 10:0412:3519 min12:350 min22 Aug
Port of Spain13:04 → 10:0411:450 min11:450 min23 Aug
London18:04 → 15:0412:390 min12:3948 min23 Aug
Durban19:04 → 16:0411:350 min11:3548 min23 Aug
Dubai21:04 → 18:0411:570 min11:5748 min23 Aug
Delhi22:34 → 19:3412:000 min12:0048 min23 Aug
Kolkata22:34 → 19:3411:150 min11:1548 min23 Aug
Singapore00:34 → 21:3412:140 min12:1348 min23 Aug
Sydney03:04 → 00:0411:340 min11:3448 min23 Aug
Suva05:04 → 02:0411:450 min11:4548 min23 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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