Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 1974

Tuesday 30 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 434 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 30 July

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 31 July

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 02:46 on Tue 30 Jul to 04:47 on Wed 31 Jul.

    1974-07-29T18:45:41Z → 1974-07-30T20:46:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 30th, 12:00–12:48 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 26014 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1974: Tuesday 30 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 1974 falls on Tuesday 30 July. Dvādaśī runs from 02:46 on Tue 30 Jul to 04:47 on Wed 31 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1974/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 30 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 30 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 30 Jul
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/damodara-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 12 Buddha dvadasi, Damodara dvadasi (purvaviddha), Visnu-pavitraropana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:46 → 13:4712:3548 min12:3548 min29 Jul
Chicago13:46 → 15:4712:330 min12:3348 min30 Jul
Jersey City14:46 → 16:4712:380 min12:3848 min30 Jul
Port of Spain14:46 → 16:4711:480 min11:4848 min30 Jul
London19:46 → 21:4712:420 min12:4248 min30 Jul
Durban20:46 → 22:4711:380 min11:3848 min30 Jul
Dubai22:46 → 00:4712:010 min12:0148 min30 Jul
Delhi00:16 → 02:1712:030 min12:0348 min30 Jul
Kolkata00:16 → 02:1711:190 min11:1948 min30 Jul
Singapore02:16 → 04:1712:170 min12:1748 min30 Jul
Sydney04:46 → 06:4711:380 min11:3848 min30 Jul
Suva06:46 → 08:4711:490 min11:4948 min30 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
damodara-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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