Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 1962

Saturday 8 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 436 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 Saturday 8 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 9 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

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 04:30 on Sat 8 Dec to 01:36 on Sun 9 Dec.

    1962-12-07T20:29:51Z → 1962-12-08T17:36:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 8th, 11:46–12:34 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 26152 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1962: Saturday 8 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 1962 falls on Saturday 8 December. Dvādaśī runs from 04:30 on Sat 8 Dec to 01:36 on Sun 9 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1962/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 8 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 8 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:30 → 09:3611:200 min11:210 min8 Dec
Chicago14:30 → 11:3611:180 min11:1818 min8 Dec
Jersey City15:30 → 12:3611:240 min11:2448 min8 Dec
Port of Spain16:30 → 13:3611:330 min11:3448 min8 Dec
London20:30 → 17:3611:280 min11:2848 min8 Dec
Durban22:30 → 19:3611:230 min11:2448 min8 Dec
Dubai00:30 → 21:3611:460 min11:4648 min8 Dec
Delhi02:00 → 23:0611:480 min11:4948 min8 Dec
Kolkata02:00 → 23:0611:040 min11:0448 min8 Dec
Singapore04:00 → 01:0612:020 min12:0248 min8 Dec
Sydney06:30 → 03:3611:220 min11:2348 min8 Dec
Suva08:30 → 05:3611:330 min11:3448 min8 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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