Ruling · Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī · 1972

Wednesday 24 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 379 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 24 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

Midday of Thursday 25 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 03:10 on Wed 24 May to 05:32 on Thu 25 May.

    1972-05-23T19:09:38Z → 1972-05-24T21:31:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 24th, 11:51–12:39 on the 25th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 22755 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1972: Wednesday 24 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rukmiṇī Dvādaśī 1972 falls on Wednesday 24 May. Dvādaśī runs from 03:10 on Wed 24 May to 05:32 on Thu 25 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1972/rukmini-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:10 → 14:3212:2648 min12:2648 min23 May
Chicago14:10 → 16:3212:240 min12:2448 min24 May
Jersey City15:10 → 17:3212:290 min12:2948 min24 May
Port of Spain15:10 → 17:3211:390 min11:3948 min24 May
London20:10 → 22:3212:340 min12:3448 min24 May
Durban21:10 → 23:3211:280 min11:2948 min24 May
Dubai23:10 → 01:3211:520 min11:5248 min24 May
Delhi00:40 → 03:0211:540 min11:5448 min24 May
Kolkata00:40 → 03:0211:090 min11:0948 min24 May
Singapore02:40 → 05:0212:070 min12:0748 min24 May
Sydney05:10 → 07:3211:280 min11:2848 min24 May
Suva07:10 → 09:3211:390 min11:3948 min24 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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