Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 1969

Thursday 6 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 449 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 Thursday 6 November

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:13 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:02
16:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:4919:13

109 of 109 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 7 November

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:12 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:01
16:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:12

0 of 109 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 09:26 on Thu 6 Nov to 09:42 on Fri 7 Nov.

    1969-11-06T01:26:19Z → 1969-11-07T01:42:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:13–19:02 on the 6th, 17:12–19:01 on the 7th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 109 of 109 minutes on the 6th and 0 of 109 on the 7th.

    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 26962 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1969: Thursday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 1969 falls on Thursday 6 November. Dvādaśī runs from 09:26 on Thu 6 Nov to 09:42 on Fri 7 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1969/govatsa-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 6 Nov
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 6thCoveredSunset 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:26 → 17:4216:5547 min16:550 min5 Nov
Chicago19:26 → 19:4216:39111 min16:380 min6 Nov
Jersey City20:26 → 20:4216:47110 min16:460 min6 Nov
Port of Spain21:26 → 21:4217:4198 min17:400 min6 Nov
London02:26 → 02:4217:25117 min17:230 min6 Nov
Durban03:26 → 03:4218:2185 min18:220 min6 Nov
Dubai05:26 → 05:4217:35103 min17:350 min6 Nov
Delhi06:56 → 07:1217:32105 min17:320 min6 Nov
Kolkata06:56 → 07:1216:56102 min16:560 min6 Nov
Singapore08:56 → 09:1218:2096 min18:200 min6 Nov
Sydney11:26 → 11:4218:2783 min18:280 min6 Nov
Suva13:26 → 13:4218:1589 min18:150 min6 Nov
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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