Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 1994

Wednesday 14 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 553 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 14 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 15 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

Dvādaśī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 23:52 on Tue 13 Dec to 02:36 on Thu 15 Dec.

    1994-12-13T15:51:35Z → 1994-12-14T18:36:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 14th, 11:49–12:37 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 33178 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1994: Wednesday 14 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 1994 falls on Wednesday 14 December. Dvādaśī runs from 23:52 on Tue 13 Dec to 02:36 on Thu 15 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1994/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:52 → 10:3611:2348 min11:240 min13 Dec
Chicago09:52 → 12:3611:2148 min11:2148 min14 Dec
Jersey City10:52 → 13:3611:2648 min11:2748 min14 Dec
Port of Spain11:52 → 14:3611:3633 min11:3748 min14 Dec
London15:52 → 18:3611:310 min11:3148 min14 Dec
Durban17:52 → 20:3611:260 min11:2648 min14 Dec
Dubai19:52 → 22:3611:490 min11:4948 min14 Dec
Delhi21:22 → 00:0611:510 min11:5248 min14 Dec
Kolkata21:22 → 00:0611:070 min11:0748 min14 Dec
Singapore23:52 → 02:3612:350 min12:3548 min14 Dec
Sydney02:52 → 05:3612:250 min12:2648 min14 Dec
Suva03:52 → 06:3611:360 min11:3748 min14 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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