Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 2003

Friday 5 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 332 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 4 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 5 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

48 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 18:04 on Thu 4 Dec to 20:33 on Fri 5 Dec.

    2003-12-04T10:04:25Z → 2003-12-05T12:33:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 4th, 11:44–12:32 on the 5th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 19947 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2003: Friday 5 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2003 falls on Friday 5 December. Dvādaśī runs from 18:04 on Thu 4 Dec to 20:33 on Fri 5 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 5 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 5 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:04 → 04:3311:1948 min11:190 min4 Dec
Chicago04:04 → 06:3311:1748 min11:170 min4 Dec
Jersey City05:04 → 07:3311:2248 min11:230 min4 Dec
Port of Spain06:04 → 08:3311:3248 min11:330 min4 Dec
London10:04 → 12:3311:2648 min11:2748 min5 Dec
Durban12:04 → 14:3311:226 min11:2248 min5 Dec
Dubai14:04 → 16:3311:450 min11:4548 min5 Dec
Delhi15:34 → 18:0311:470 min11:4748 min5 Dec
Kolkata15:34 → 18:0311:020 min11:0348 min5 Dec
Singapore18:04 → 20:3312:310 min12:3148 min5 Dec
Sydney21:04 → 23:3312:210 min12:2248 min5 Dec
Suva22:04 → 00:3311:320 min11:3348 min5 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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