Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 1962

Wednesday 16 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 277 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 15 May

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 16 May

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 17:16 on Tue 15 May to 19:18 on Wed 16 May.

    1962-05-15T09:15:33Z → 1962-05-16T11:17:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 15th, 11:51–12:39 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 16612 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1962: Wednesday 16 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 1962 falls on Wednesday 16 May. Dvādaśī runs from 17:16 on Tue 15 May to 19:18 on Wed 16 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 16 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 16 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 16 May
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/rukmini-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 12 Parasurama dvadasi (purvaviddha), Rukmini dvadasi (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:16 → 04:1812:2548 min12:250 min15 May
Chicago04:16 → 06:1812:2348 min12:230 min15 May
Jersey City05:16 → 07:1812:2948 min12:290 min15 May
Port of Spain05:16 → 07:1811:3848 min11:380 min15 May
London10:16 → 12:1812:3348 min12:330 min15 May
Durban11:16 → 13:1811:2848 min11:2848 min15 May
Dubai13:16 → 15:1811:510 min11:5148 min16 May
Delhi14:46 → 16:4811:540 min11:5448 min16 May
Kolkata14:46 → 16:4811:090 min11:0948 min16 May
Singapore16:46 → 18:4812:070 min12:0748 min16 May
Sydney19:16 → 21:1811:270 min11:2748 min16 May
Suva21:16 → 23:1811:380 min11:3848 min16 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rukmini-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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