Ruling · Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī · 2008

Wednesday 10 December

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 23 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 9 December

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 10 December

Taken. Dvādaśī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:47  12:35 madhyāhna ends
Dvādaśī ends 11:23:30
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23

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 14:06 on Tue 9 Dec to 11:24 on Wed 10 Dec.

    2008-12-09T06:06:18Z → 2008-12-10T03:23:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 9th, 11:47–12:35 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 1404 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2008: Wednesday 10 December.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī 2008 falls on Wednesday 10 December. Dvādaśī runs from 14:06 on Tue 9 Dec to 11:24 on Wed 10 Dec, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2008/akhanda-dvadashi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 10 Dec
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 10 Dec
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:06 → 19:2411:2248 min11:220 min9 Dec
Chicago00:06 → 21:2411:1948 min11:200 min9 Dec
Jersey City01:06 → 22:2411:2548 min11:250 min9 Dec
Port of Spain02:06 → 23:2411:3548 min11:350 min9 Dec
London06:06 → 03:2411:2948 min11:290 min9 Dec
Durban08:06 → 05:2411:2448 min11:250 min9 Dec
Dubai10:06 → 07:2411:4748 min11:480 min9 Dec
Delhi11:36 → 08:5411:4948 min11:500 min9 Dec
Kolkata11:36 → 08:5411:0517 min11:050 min9 Dec
Singapore14:06 → 11:2412:330 min12:330 min10 Dec
Sydney17:06 → 14:2412:240 min12:2448 min10 Dec
Suva18:06 → 15:2411:350 min11:3548 min10 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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