Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 2006

Saturday 2 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 211 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 1 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 2 December

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

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 18:42 on Fri 1 Dec to 16:02 on Sat 2 Dec.

    2006-12-01T10:41:53Z → 2006-12-02T08:02:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 1st, 11:43–12:31 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 12657 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2006: Saturday 2 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2006 falls on Saturday 2 December. Dvādaśī runs from 18:42 on Fri 1 Dec to 16:02 on Sat 2 Dec and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2006/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:42 → 00:0211:1848 min11:180 min1 Dec
Chicago04:42 → 02:0211:1648 min11:160 min1 Dec
Jersey City05:42 → 03:0211:2148 min11:220 min1 Dec
Port of Spain06:42 → 04:0211:3148 min11:310 min1 Dec
London10:42 → 08:0211:2548 min11:260 min1 Dec
Durban12:42 → 10:0211:210 min11:210 min2 Dec
Dubai14:42 → 12:0211:440 min11:4418 min2 Dec
Delhi16:12 → 13:3211:460 min11:4648 min2 Dec
Kolkata16:12 → 13:3211:010 min11:0248 min2 Dec
Singapore18:42 → 16:0212:290 min12:3048 min2 Dec
Sydney21:42 → 19:0212:200 min12:2148 min2 Dec
Suva22:42 → 20:0211:310 min11:3248 min2 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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