Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 1976

Friday 6 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 minutes.

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 Friday 6 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī begins 11:35:27
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 7 August

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 11:35 on Fri 6 Aug to 10:08 on Sat 7 Aug.

    1976-08-06T03:35:28Z → 1976-08-07T02:08:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 6th, 12:00–12:48 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 1454 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1976: Friday 6 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 1976 falls on Friday 6 August. Dvādaśī runs from 11:35 on Fri 6 Aug to 10:08 on Sat 7 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1976/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 6 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 6 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 6 Aug
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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:35 → 19:0812:3548 min12:340 min6 Aug
Chicago22:35 → 21:0812:3248 min12:320 min6 Aug
Jersey City23:35 → 22:0812:3848 min12:380 min6 Aug
Port of Spain23:35 → 22:0811:4848 min11:480 min6 Aug
London04:35 → 03:0812:4248 min12:420 min6 Aug
Durban05:35 → 04:0811:3848 min11:380 min6 Aug
Dubai07:35 → 06:0812:0048 min12:000 min6 Aug
Delhi09:05 → 07:3812:0348 min12:030 min6 Aug
Kolkata09:05 → 07:3811:1848 min11:180 min6 Aug
Singapore11:05 → 09:3812:1648 min12:160 min6 Aug
Sydney13:35 → 12:0811:370 min11:3731 min7 Aug
Suva15:35 → 14:0811:480 min11:4848 min7 Aug
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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