Ruling · Vāmana Jayantī · 1975

Tuesday 16 September

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 16 September

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 17 September

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī ends 12:52:30
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

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 10:59 on Tue 16 Sep to 12:53 on Wed 17 Sep.

    1975-09-16T02:58:35Z → 1975-09-17T04:52:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 16th, 11:49–12:37 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 953 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vāmana Jayantī, Baoding, 1975: Tuesday 16 September.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vāmana Jayantī 1975 falls on Tuesday 16 September. Dvādaśī runs from 10:59 on Tue 16 Sep to 12:53 on Wed 17 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1975/vamana-jayanti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:59 → 21:5312:2448 min12:230 min16 Sep
Chicago21:59 → 23:5312:2148 min12:210 min16 Sep
Jersey City22:59 → 00:5312:2748 min12:270 min16 Sep
Port of Spain22:59 → 00:5311:3748 min11:370 min16 Sep
London03:59 → 05:5312:3148 min12:310 min16 Sep
Durban04:59 → 06:5311:2748 min11:270 min16 Sep
Dubai06:59 → 08:5311:5048 min11:490 min16 Sep
Delhi08:29 → 10:2311:5248 min11:520 min16 Sep
Kolkata08:29 → 10:2311:0848 min11:070 min16 Sep
Singapore10:29 → 12:2312:0648 min12:0517 min16 Sep
Sydney12:59 → 14:5311:270 min11:2648 min17 Sep
Suva14:59 → 16:5311:380 min11:3748 min17 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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