Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 2004

Friday 27 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 357 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 26 August

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

Midday of Friday 27 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 21:36 on Thu 26 Aug to 18:40 on Fri 27 Aug.

    2004-08-26T13:36:23Z → 2004-08-27T10:39:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 26th, 11:55–12:43 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 21397 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2004: Friday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2004 falls on Friday 27 August. Dvādaśī runs from 21:36 on Thu 26 Aug to 18:40 on Fri 27 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2004/damodara-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:36 → 03:4012:3048 min12:300 min26 Aug
Chicago08:36 → 05:4012:2848 min12:280 min26 Aug
Jersey City09:36 → 06:4012:3448 min12:330 min26 Aug
Port of Spain09:36 → 06:4011:4448 min11:430 min26 Aug
London14:36 → 11:4012:380 min12:370 min27 Aug
Durban15:36 → 12:4011:340 min11:3448 min27 Aug
Dubai17:36 → 14:4011:560 min11:5648 min27 Aug
Delhi19:06 → 16:1011:590 min11:5848 min27 Aug
Kolkata19:06 → 16:1011:140 min11:1448 min27 Aug
Singapore21:36 → 18:4012:420 min12:4248 min27 Aug
Sydney23:36 → 20:4011:330 min11:3348 min27 Aug
Suva01:36 → 22:4011:440 min11:4448 min27 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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