Ruling · Vāmana Jayantī · 1972

Wednesday 20 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 343 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 19 September

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 20 September

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

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 18:59 on Tue 19 Sep to 18:19 on Wed 20 Sep.

    1972-09-19T10:58:52Z → 1972-09-20T10:18:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:48–12:36 on the 19th, 11:47–12:35 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 20605 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vāmana Jayantī, Baoding, 1972: Wednesday 20 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vāmana Jayantī 1972 falls on Wednesday 20 September. Dvādaśī runs from 18:59 on Tue 19 Sep to 18:19 on Wed 20 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1972/vamana-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 20 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 20 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 20 Sep
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/vamana-jayanti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 12 Visnuparivartanotsava, Sakrotthana (in any of the naksatras U. Asadha, Sravana & Dhanistha), Kalki dvadasi, Sravana dvadasi (when combined with naksatra Sravana), Vamana jayanti (madhyahna vyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:59 → 03:1912:2248 min12:220 min19 Sep
Chicago05:59 → 05:1912:2048 min12:200 min19 Sep
Jersey City06:59 → 06:1912:2648 min12:250 min19 Sep
Port of Spain06:59 → 06:1911:3648 min11:350 min19 Sep
London11:59 → 11:1912:3048 min12:290 min19 Sep
Durban12:59 → 12:1911:260 min11:2548 min20 Sep
Dubai14:59 → 14:1911:480 min11:4848 min20 Sep
Delhi16:29 → 15:4911:510 min11:5048 min20 Sep
Kolkata16:29 → 15:4911:060 min11:0648 min20 Sep
Singapore18:29 → 17:4912:040 min12:0448 min20 Sep
Sydney20:59 → 20:1911:250 min11:2548 min20 Sep
Suva22:59 → 22:1911:360 min11:3648 min20 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vamana-jayanti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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