Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 1995

Tuesday 8 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 16 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 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 Tuesday 8 August

Taken. Dvādaśī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī ends 11:43:53
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 14:52 on Mon 7 Aug to 11:44 on Tue 8 Aug.

    1995-08-07T06:51:50Z → 1995-08-08T03:43:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 7th, 12:00–12:48 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 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 941 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1995: Tuesday 8 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 1995 falls on Tuesday 8 August. Dvādaśī runs from 14:52 on Mon 7 Aug to 11:44 on Tue 8 Aug, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 8 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 8 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles23:52 → 20:4412:3448 min12:340 min7 Aug
Chicago01:52 → 22:4412:3248 min12:320 min7 Aug
Jersey City02:52 → 23:4412:3848 min12:380 min7 Aug
Port of Spain02:52 → 23:4411:4848 min11:480 min7 Aug
London07:52 → 04:4412:4248 min12:420 min7 Aug
Durban08:52 → 05:4411:3848 min11:380 min7 Aug
Dubai10:52 → 07:4412:0048 min12:000 min7 Aug
Delhi12:22 → 09:1412:0329 min12:030 min7 Aug
Kolkata12:22 → 09:1411:180 min11:180 min8 Aug
Singapore14:52 → 11:4412:460 min12:460 min8 Aug
Sydney16:52 → 13:4411:370 min11:3748 min8 Aug
Suva18:52 → 15:4411:480 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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