Ruling · Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) · 2008

Saturday 25 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 576 minutes.

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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 Friday 24 October

Dvādaśī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:27 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:13
17:0317:2717:5118:1518:3919:0319:27

0 of 105 minutes covered

Evening of Saturday 25 October

Taken. The only evening Dvādaśī reaches.

17:26 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:12
17:0217:2617:5018:1418:3819:0219:26

106 of 106 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 04:49 on Sat 25 Oct to 04:51 on Sun 26 Oct.

    2008-10-24T20:48:32Z → 2008-10-25T20:50:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:27–19:13 on the 24th, 17:26–19:12 on the 25th.

    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 105 minutes on the 24th and 106 of 106 on the 25th.

    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 34554 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govatsa Dvādaśī, Baoding, 2008: Saturday 25 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vasu Baras) 2008 falls on Saturday 25 October. Dvādaśī runs from 04:49 on Sat 25 Oct to 04:51 on Sun 26 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 25 Oct
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 24thCoveredSunset 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:49 → 13:5118:07104 min18:060 min24 Oct
Chicago15:49 → 15:5117:55107 min17:530 min24 Oct
Jersey City16:49 → 16:5118:02106 min18:010 min24 Oct
Port of Spain16:49 → 16:5117:4498 min17:440 min24 Oct
London21:49 → 21:5117:480 min17:46112 min25 Oct
Durban22:49 → 22:5118:120 min18:1387 min25 Oct
Dubai00:49 → 00:5117:440 min17:43101 min25 Oct
Delhi02:19 → 02:2117:420 min17:41102 min25 Oct
Kolkata02:19 → 02:2117:040 min17:03101 min25 Oct
Singapore04:49 → 04:5118:510 min18:5195 min25 Oct
Sydney07:49 → 07:5119:160 min19:1786 min25 Oct
Suva08:49 → 08:5118:100 min18:1091 min25 Oct
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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