Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 1961

Saturday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 84 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Saturday 4 November

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:15 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:03
16:5117:1517:3918:0318:2718:5119:15

109 of 109 minutes covered

Evening of Sunday 5 November

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:14 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:03
16:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:5019:14

0 of 109 minutes covered

Dvādaśī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 13:56 on Sat 4 Nov to 15:49 on Sun 5 Nov.

    1961-11-04T05:56:04Z → 1961-11-05T07:49:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:15–19:03 on the 4th, 17:14–19:03 on the 5th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 109 of 109 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 109 on the 5th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 5062 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1961: Saturday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 1961 falls on Saturday 4 November. Dvādaśī runs from 13:56 on Sat 4 Nov to 15:49 on Sun 5 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 4 Nov
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/govatsa-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“K 12 Govatsa dvadasi (pradosa vyapini). If occurs on two days, it is to be observed on the first day.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīSunset 4thCoveredSunset 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:56 → 23:4916:57107 min16:560 min4 Nov
Chicago23:56 → 01:4916:41110 min16:400 min4 Nov
Jersey City00:56 → 02:4916:49110 min16:480 min4 Nov
Port of Spain01:56 → 03:4917:4198 min17:410 min4 Nov
London05:56 → 07:4916:28116 min16:270 min4 Nov
Durban07:56 → 09:4918:2085 min18:210 min4 Nov
Dubai09:56 → 11:4917:36103 min17:360 min4 Nov
Delhi11:26 → 13:1917:34104 min17:330 min4 Nov
Kolkata11:26 → 13:1916:57102 min16:570 min4 Nov
Singapore13:26 → 15:1918:2096 min18:200 min4 Nov
Sydney15:56 → 17:4918:2584 min18:260 min4 Nov
Suva17:56 → 19:4918:1490 min18:1489 min4 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
govatsa-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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