Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 1992

Sunday 9 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 36 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 Sunday 9 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

Midday of Monday 10 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī ends 11:23:34
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 09:28 on Sun 9 Aug to 11:24 on Mon 10 Aug.

    1992-08-09T01:28:12Z → 1992-08-10T03:23:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 9th, 11:59–12:47 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 2136 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1992: Sunday 9 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 1992 falls on Sunday 9 August. Dvādaśī runs from 09:28 on Sun 9 Aug to 11:24 on Mon 10 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1992/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 9 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 9 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 9 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:28 → 20:2412:3448 min12:340 min9 Aug
Chicago20:28 → 22:2412:3248 min12:310 min9 Aug
Jersey City21:28 → 23:2412:3748 min12:370 min9 Aug
Port of Spain21:28 → 23:2411:4748 min11:470 min9 Aug
London02:28 → 04:2412:4148 min12:410 min9 Aug
Durban03:28 → 05:2411:3748 min11:370 min9 Aug
Dubai05:28 → 07:2412:0048 min12:000 min9 Aug
Delhi06:58 → 08:5412:0248 min12:020 min9 Aug
Kolkata06:58 → 08:5411:1848 min11:180 min9 Aug
Singapore09:28 → 11:2412:4648 min12:460 min9 Aug
Sydney11:28 → 13:2411:3748 min11:3748 min9 Aug
Suva13:28 → 15:2411:480 min11:4848 min10 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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