Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 1968

Sunday 1 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 574 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 30 November

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 1 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

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 22:05 on Sat 30 Nov to 00:00 on Mon 2 Dec.

    1968-11-30T14:04:51Z → 1968-12-01T16:00:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 30th, 11:43–12:31 on the 1st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 34450 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1968: Sunday 1 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 1968 falls on Sunday 1 December. Dvādaśī runs from 22:05 on Sat 30 Nov to 00:00 on Mon 2 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1968/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 1 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 1 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 1 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:05 → 08:0011:1848 min11:180 min30 Nov
Chicago08:05 → 10:0011:1548 min11:160 min30 Nov
Jersey City09:05 → 11:0011:2148 min11:210 min30 Nov
Port of Spain10:05 → 12:0011:3148 min11:3129 min1 Dec
London15:05 → 17:0012:250 min12:2548 min1 Dec
Durban16:05 → 18:0011:210 min11:2148 min1 Dec
Dubai18:05 → 20:0011:430 min11:4448 min1 Dec
Delhi19:35 → 21:3011:460 min11:4648 min1 Dec
Kolkata19:35 → 21:3011:010 min11:0248 min1 Dec
Singapore21:35 → 23:3011:590 min12:0048 min1 Dec
Sydney00:05 → 02:0011:200 min11:2048 min1 Dec
Suva02:05 → 04:0011:310 min11:3148 min1 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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