Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 1996

Saturday 21 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 564 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 21 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 22 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 Sat 21 Dec to 02:28 on Sun 22 Dec.

    1996-12-20T18:28:08Z → 1996-12-21T18:27:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 21st, 11:53–12:41 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 33847 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1996: Saturday 21 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 1996 falls on Saturday 21 December. Dvādaśī runs from 02:28 on Sat 21 Dec to 02:28 on Sun 22 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 21 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 21 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:28 → 10:2811:2748 min11:270 min20 Dec
Chicago12:28 → 12:2811:240 min11:2548 min21 Dec
Jersey City13:28 → 13:2811:300 min11:3148 min21 Dec
Port of Spain14:28 → 14:2811:400 min11:4048 min21 Dec
London18:28 → 18:2811:340 min11:3548 min21 Dec
Durban20:28 → 20:2811:300 min11:3048 min21 Dec
Dubai22:28 → 22:2811:520 min11:5348 min21 Dec
Delhi23:58 → 23:5811:550 min11:5548 min21 Dec
Kolkata23:58 → 23:5811:100 min11:1148 min21 Dec
Singapore02:28 → 02:2812:380 min12:3948 min21 Dec
Sydney05:28 → 05:2812:290 min12:2948 min21 Dec
Suva06:28 → 06:2811:400 min11:4048 min21 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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