Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 2000

Friday 11 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 344 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 11 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 12 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 03:40 on Fri 11 Aug to 06:15 on Sat 12 Aug.

    2000-08-10T19:39:46Z → 2000-08-11T22:14:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 11th, 11:59–12:47 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 20641 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2000: Friday 11 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2000 falls on Friday 11 August. Dvādaśī runs from 03:40 on Fri 11 Aug to 06:15 on Sat 12 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 11 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 11 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:40 → 15:1512:3442 min12:3448 min10 Aug
Chicago14:40 → 17:1512:310 min12:3148 min11 Aug
Jersey City15:40 → 18:1512:370 min12:3748 min11 Aug
Port of Spain15:40 → 18:1511:470 min11:4748 min11 Aug
London20:40 → 23:1512:410 min12:4148 min11 Aug
Durban21:40 → 00:1511:370 min11:3748 min11 Aug
Dubai23:40 → 02:1512:000 min12:0048 min11 Aug
Delhi01:10 → 03:4512:020 min12:0248 min11 Aug
Kolkata01:10 → 03:4511:180 min11:1848 min11 Aug
Singapore03:40 → 06:1512:460 min12:4648 min11 Aug
Sydney05:40 → 08:1511:370 min11:3748 min11 Aug
Suva07:40 → 10:1511:480 min11:4848 min11 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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