Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 1996

Thursday 7 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 261 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Thursday 7 November

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:11 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:01
16:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:4719:11

110 of 110 minutes covered

Evening of Friday 8 November

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:10 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:00
16:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:4619:10

0 of 110 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 11:39 on Thu 7 Nov to 12:49 on Fri 8 Nov.

    1996-11-07T03:39:28Z → 1996-11-08T04:49:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:11–19:01 on the 7th, 17:10–19:00 on the 8th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 110 of 110 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 110 on the 8th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 15675 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 1996: Thursday 7 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 1996 falls on Thursday 7 November. Dvādaśī runs from 11:39 on Thu 7 Nov to 12:49 on Fri 8 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 7 Nov
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/govatsa-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“K 12 Govatsa dvadasi (pradosa vyapini). If occurs on two days, it is to be observed on the first day.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīSunset 7thCoveredSunset 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:39 → 20:4916:54107 min16:530 min7 Nov
Chicago21:39 → 22:4916:37111 min16:360 min7 Nov
Jersey City22:39 → 23:4916:45111 min16:440 min7 Nov
Port of Spain23:39 → 00:4917:4099 min17:400 min7 Nov
London03:39 → 04:4916:22118 min16:210 min7 Nov
Durban05:39 → 06:4918:2385 min18:230 min7 Nov
Dubai07:39 → 08:4917:34104 min17:340 min7 Nov
Delhi09:09 → 10:1917:31105 min17:310 min7 Nov
Kolkata09:09 → 10:1916:56103 min16:550 min7 Nov
Singapore11:39 → 12:4918:5096 min18:500 min7 Nov
Sydney14:39 → 15:4919:2883 min19:290 min7 Nov
Suva15:39 → 16:4918:1689 min18:160 min7 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
govatsa-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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