Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 2007

Tuesday 6 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 134 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Monday 5 November

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:14 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:03
16:5017:1417:3818:0218:2618:5019:14

0 of 109 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 6 November

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:13 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:02
16:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:4919:13

109 of 109 minutes covered

Dvādaśī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvādaśī runs from 21:16 on Mon 5 Nov to 23:31 on Tue 6 Nov.

    2007-11-05T13:16:28Z → 2007-11-06T15:30:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:14–19:03 on the 5th, 17:13–19:02 on the 6th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 109 minutes on the 5th and 109 of 109 on the 6th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 8022 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2007: Tuesday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 2007 falls on Tuesday 6 November. Dvādaśī runs from 21:16 on Mon 5 Nov to 23:31 on Tue 6 Nov and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2007/govatsa-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 6 Nov
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/govatsa-dvadashi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Dvādaśī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“K 12 Govatsa dvadasi (pradosa vyapini). If occurs on two days, it is to be observed on the first day.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvādaśīSunset 5thCoveredSunset 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:16 → 07:3116:56107 min16:560 min5 Nov
Chicago07:16 → 09:3116:40111 min16:390 min5 Nov
Jersey City08:16 → 10:3116:48110 min16:470 min5 Nov
Port of Spain09:16 → 11:3117:4198 min17:410 min5 Nov
London13:16 → 15:3116:27117 min16:250 min5 Nov
Durban15:16 → 17:3118:2085 min18:210 min5 Nov
Dubai17:16 → 19:3117:36103 min17:35103 min5 Nov
Delhi18:46 → 21:0117:3331 min17:32105 min5 Nov
Kolkata18:46 → 21:0116:570 min16:56102 min6 Nov
Singapore21:16 → 23:3118:500 min18:5096 min6 Nov
Sydney00:16 → 02:3119:260 min19:2783 min6 Nov
Suva01:16 → 03:3118:140 min18:1589 min6 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
govatsa-dvadashi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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