Ruling · Dāmodara Dvādaśī · 2008

Wednesday 13 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 582 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 13 August

Taken. The only midday Dvādaśī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 14 August

Dvādaśī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 00:21 on Wed 13 Aug to 02:17 on Thu 14 Aug.

    2008-08-12T16:20:33Z → 2008-08-13T18:16:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 13th, 11:58–12:46 on the 14th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvādaśī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 34913 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Dāmodara Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2008: Wednesday 13 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Dāmodara Dvādaśī 2008 falls on Wednesday 13 August. Dvādaśī runs from 00:21 on Wed 13 Aug to 02:17 on Thu 14 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 13 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 13 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:21 → 11:1712:3448 min12:330 min12 Aug
Chicago11:21 → 13:1712:3148 min12:3146 min12 Aug
Jersey City12:21 → 14:1712:3748 min12:3748 min12 Aug
Port of Spain12:21 → 14:1711:4714 min11:4748 min12 Aug
London17:21 → 19:1712:410 min12:4148 min13 Aug
Durban18:21 → 20:1711:370 min11:3748 min13 Aug
Dubai20:21 → 22:1712:000 min11:5948 min13 Aug
Delhi21:51 → 23:4712:020 min12:0248 min13 Aug
Kolkata21:51 → 23:4711:170 min11:1748 min13 Aug
Singapore00:21 → 02:1712:460 min12:4548 min13 Aug
Sydney02:21 → 04:1711:360 min11:3648 min13 Aug
Suva04:21 → 06:1711:470 min11:4748 min13 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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