Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 1984

Wednesday 8 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 438 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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 8 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 20:06 on Tue 7 Aug to 20:26 on Wed 8 Aug.

    1984-08-07T12:05:48Z → 1984-08-08T12:25:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 7th, 11:59–12:47 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 26293 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1984: Wednesday 8 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 1984 falls on Wednesday 8 August. Dvādaśī runs from 20:06 on Tue 7 Aug to 20:26 on Wed 8 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1984/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 8 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 8 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:06 → 05:2612:3448 min12:340 min7 Aug
Chicago07:06 → 07:2612:3248 min12:320 min7 Aug
Jersey City08:06 → 08:2612:3848 min12:380 min7 Aug
Port of Spain08:06 → 08:2611:4848 min11:480 min7 Aug
London13:06 → 13:2612:4224 min12:4244 min7 Aug
Durban14:06 → 14:2611:380 min11:3848 min8 Aug
Dubai16:06 → 16:2612:000 min12:0048 min8 Aug
Delhi17:36 → 17:5612:030 min12:0248 min8 Aug
Kolkata17:36 → 17:5611:180 min11:1848 min8 Aug
Singapore20:06 → 20:2612:460 min12:4648 min8 Aug
Sydney22:06 → 22:2611:370 min11:3748 min8 Aug
Suva00:06 → 00:2611:480 min11:4848 min8 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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