Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 1962

Wednesday 24 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 222 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 Wednesday 24 October

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:28 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:14
17:0417:2817:5218:1618:4019:0419:28

105 of 105 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 25 October

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:27 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:13
17:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:27

0 of 105 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 11:11 on Wed 24 Oct to 13:45 on Thu 25 Oct.

    1962-10-24T03:10:42Z → 1962-10-25T05:45:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:28–19:14 on the 24th, 17:27–19:13 on the 25th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 105 of 105 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 105 on the 25th.

    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 13317 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1962: Wednesday 24 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 1962 falls on Wednesday 24 October. Dvādaśī runs from 11:11 on Wed 24 Oct to 13:45 on Thu 25 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 Oct
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 24thCoveredSunset 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:11 → 22:4518:08104 min18:070 min24 Oct
Chicago22:11 → 00:4517:56106 min17:540 min24 Oct
Jersey City23:11 → 01:4518:03106 min18:020 min24 Oct
Port of Spain23:11 → 01:4517:4598 min17:440 min24 Oct
London04:11 → 06:4517:49111 min17:470 min24 Oct
Durban05:11 → 07:4518:1188 min18:120 min24 Oct
Dubai07:11 → 09:4517:44101 min17:440 min24 Oct
Delhi08:41 → 11:1517:43102 min17:420 min24 Oct
Kolkata08:41 → 11:1517:05100 min17:040 min24 Oct
Singapore10:41 → 13:1518:2195 min18:210 min24 Oct
Sydney13:11 → 15:4518:1586 min18:160 min24 Oct
Suva15:11 → 17:4518:0991 min18:100 min24 Oct
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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