Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 1983

Saturday 17 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 94 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 16 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 17 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

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 14:16 on Fri 16 Dec to 14:12 on Sat 17 Dec.

    1983-12-16T06:16:06Z → 1983-12-17T06:12:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 16th, 11:50–12:38 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 0 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 5656 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1983: Saturday 17 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 1983 falls on Saturday 17 December. Dvādaśī runs from 14:16 on Fri 16 Dec to 14:12 on Sat 17 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1983/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 17 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 17 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 17 Dec
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/akhanda-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Mārgaśīrṣa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 12 Matsya dvadasi, Akhanda dvadasi (paraviddha), Vyanjana dvadasi & Dana dvadasi (Orissa).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:16 → 22:1211:2548 min11:250 min16 Dec
Chicago00:16 → 00:1211:2248 min11:230 min16 Dec
Jersey City01:16 → 01:1211:2848 min11:280 min16 Dec
Port of Spain02:16 → 02:1211:3848 min11:380 min16 Dec
London06:16 → 06:1211:3248 min11:320 min16 Dec
Durban08:16 → 08:1211:2748 min11:280 min16 Dec
Dubai10:16 → 10:1211:5048 min11:510 min16 Dec
Delhi11:46 → 11:4211:5248 min11:530 min16 Dec
Kolkata11:46 → 11:4211:0810 min11:0834 min17 Dec
Singapore14:16 → 14:1212:360 min12:3648 min17 Dec
Sydney17:16 → 17:1212:260 min12:2748 min17 Dec
Suva18:16 → 18:1211:370 min11:3848 min17 Dec
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
akhanda-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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