Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 2000

Friday 8 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 599 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 8 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 9 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

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 01:47 on Fri 8 Dec to 00:30 on Sat 9 Dec.

    2000-12-07T17:46:51Z → 2000-12-08T16:29:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 8th, 11:46–12:34 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 35948 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2000: Friday 8 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2000 falls on Friday 8 December. Dvādaśī runs from 01:47 on Fri 8 Dec to 00:30 on Sat 9 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2000/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:47 → 08:3011:2148 min11:210 min7 Dec
Chicago11:47 → 10:3011:1819 min11:190 min7 Dec
Jersey City12:47 → 11:3011:240 min11:246 min8 Dec
Port of Spain13:47 → 12:3011:340 min11:3448 min8 Dec
London17:47 → 16:3011:280 min11:2848 min8 Dec
Durban19:47 → 18:3011:240 min11:2448 min8 Dec
Dubai21:47 → 20:3011:460 min11:4748 min8 Dec
Delhi23:17 → 22:0011:490 min11:4948 min8 Dec
Kolkata23:17 → 22:0011:040 min11:0448 min8 Dec
Singapore01:47 → 00:3012:320 min12:3348 min8 Dec
Sydney04:47 → 03:3012:230 min12:2348 min8 Dec
Suva05:47 → 04:3011:340 min11:3448 min8 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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