Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 1966

Monday 2 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 1 May

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 2 May

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī ends 12:18:10
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

27 of 48 minutes covered, the first 27

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 15:04 on Sun 1 May to 12:18 on Mon 2 May.

    1966-05-01T07:03:38Z → 1966-05-02T04:18:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 1st, 11:51–12:39 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 27 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 1277 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1966: Monday 2 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 1966 falls on Monday 2 May. Dvādaśī runs from 15:04 on Sun 1 May to 12:18 on Mon 2 May and covers 27 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1966/rukmini-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 2 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 2 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:04 → 21:1812:2648 min12:260 min1 May
Chicago02:04 → 23:1812:2448 min12:240 min1 May
Jersey City03:04 → 00:1812:3048 min12:300 min1 May
Port of Spain03:04 → 00:1811:3948 min11:390 min1 May
London08:04 → 05:1812:3448 min12:340 min1 May
Durban09:04 → 06:1811:2948 min11:290 min1 May
Dubai11:04 → 08:1811:5248 min11:520 min1 May
Delhi12:34 → 09:4811:549 min11:540 min1 May
Kolkata12:34 → 09:4811:100 min11:100 min2 May
Singapore14:34 → 11:4812:080 min12:080 min2 May
Sydney17:04 → 14:1811:280 min11:2848 min2 May
Suva19:04 → 16:1811:390 min11:3948 min2 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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