Ruling · Śrī Rāma Dvādaśī · 2002

Friday 21 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 20 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Friday 21 June

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī begins 12:23:37
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

20 of 48 minutes covered, the last 20

Midday of Saturday 22 June

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 12:24 on Fri 21 Jun to 10:18 on Sat 22 Jun.

    2002-06-21T04:23:38Z → 2002-06-22T02:17:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 21st, 11:56–12:44 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 20 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 1210 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śrī Rāma Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2002: Friday 21 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śrī Rāma Dvādaśī 2002 falls on Friday 21 June. Dvādaśī runs from 12:24 on Fri 21 Jun to 10:18 on Sat 22 Jun and covers 20 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2002/shri-rama-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 21 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 21 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 21 Jun
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/shri-rama-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Jyeṣṭha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 12 Sri Rama dvadasi (purvaviddha), Campaka dvadasi (Orissa) (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīMadhyāhna 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:24 → 19:1812:3148 min12:310 min21 Jun
Chicago23:24 → 21:1812:2848 min12:290 min21 Jun
Jersey City00:24 → 22:1812:3448 min12:340 min21 Jun
Port of Spain00:24 → 22:1811:4448 min11:440 min21 Jun
London05:24 → 03:1812:3848 min12:380 min21 Jun
Durban06:24 → 04:1811:3448 min11:340 min21 Jun
Dubai08:24 → 06:1811:5648 min11:570 min21 Jun
Delhi09:54 → 07:4811:5948 min11:590 min21 Jun
Kolkata09:54 → 07:4811:1448 min11:140 min21 Jun
Singapore12:24 → 10:1812:4248 min12:420 min21 Jun
Sydney14:24 → 12:1811:330 min11:3345 min22 Jun
Suva16:24 → 14:1811:440 min11:4448 min22 Jun
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
shri-rama-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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