Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 1995

Sunday 3 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 483 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 3 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 4 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

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 02:28 on Sun 3 Dec to 03:41 on Mon 4 Dec.

    1995-12-02T18:27:42Z → 1995-12-03T19:41:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 3rd, 11:44–12:32 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 28966 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1995: Sunday 3 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 1995 falls on Sunday 3 December. Dvādaśī runs from 02:28 on Sun 3 Dec to 03:41 on Mon 4 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1995/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:28 → 11:4111:1848 min11:1923 min3 Dec
Chicago12:28 → 13:4111:160 min11:1648 min3 Dec
Jersey City13:28 → 14:4111:220 min11:2248 min3 Dec
Port of Spain14:28 → 15:4111:310 min11:3248 min3 Dec
London18:28 → 19:4111:260 min11:2648 min3 Dec
Durban20:28 → 21:4111:210 min11:2248 min3 Dec
Dubai22:28 → 23:4111:440 min11:4448 min3 Dec
Delhi23:58 → 01:1111:460 min11:4748 min3 Dec
Kolkata23:58 → 01:1111:020 min11:0248 min3 Dec
Singapore02:28 → 03:4112:300 min12:3048 min3 Dec
Sydney05:28 → 06:4112:200 min12:2148 min3 Dec
Suva06:28 → 07:4111:310 min11:3248 min3 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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